Bondi Phulla Polo / Banana Flower Florets Dosa (Konkani Recipe)

Banana flower is called bondi in Konkani.Bondi phulla polo/ Bondi phulla sanna polo is a Konkani style spicy dosa made with banana flower florets. Bondi phulla polo/ Banana floret dosa recipe is explained with step by step method and photos.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Bondi Phulla Polo / Banana Flower Florets Dosa.

Ingredients:-

Banana flower (Bondi).-1
Raw rice.                       -2 cup
Grated coconut.             -1 and 1/2 cup
Dry red chillies.             - 6 or 7
Turmeric powder.          -1/4 tsp
Tamarind.                       - a gooseberry size
Hing powder.                  -1tsp
Salt.                                 - to taste

Instructions:-

1).Soak raw rice in water for 6 hours.

2). Grind grated coconut in a mixer grinder along with dry red chillies, turmeric powder and tamarind to a fine paste. Add the soaked raw rice into the mixer grinder and grind again all the ingredients in the mixer grinder together adding very little water to a smooth paste of idli batter consistency.

3). Take a banana flower (bondi). Lift and remove the dark red colour outer petals of the banana flower and collect the white banana flower florets attached to it.

4). Remove and discard the thick stalk like structure called style with stigma from the centre of the banana florets and also remove the translucent plastic like outer most cover called tepal from each banana flower florets.These two parts of the banana flower florets are not digestible and are bitter to taste.

5). Chop all the cleaned banana flower florets into very small pieces.(Chop the florets just before adding in the ground batter).

Method:-

1). Transfer the ground batter from mixer grinder to a vessel. Add hing powder and required salt into the ground batter and mix well.

2). Add the finely chopped banana flower florets into the ground batter.

3). Mix the chopped banana florets in the batter with a ladle and keep aside for 5 minutes. No need to ferment the batter.Now the batter is ready to make banana flower floret dosa.

4). Heat a dosa tawa on medium flame.Take a ladle of batter and pour the batter on the hot tawa.

 

5). Spread the batter in circular motion with the back of the ladle and make a thick or thin round dosa.

6). Pour little coconut oil on all sides of the dosa. Cover the dosa with a lid and cook on medium low flame till the base of the dosa is cooked well.

7). Apply little coconut oil over the dosa and flip the dosa with a flat spatula to cook the other side.

8). When both sides are cooked well transfer the cooked banana flower floret dosa to a serving plate.

9). Repeat the process and make banana floret dosas with the remaining batter and serve as a breakfast dish or as a evening snack. (Left over dosa batter can be refrigerated for further use).