Chop the banana heart and add to this jar. Transfer to a mixer/chutney jar along with the green chili and garlic pods. Method - Soak the mustard and poppy seeds for 2-3 hours. But one can also use the flowers in the preceding layers to make this dish.Ģ tsp mustard seeds (I use the light brown ones)ģ tsp mustard oil ( + 1 tsp for drizzling while serving) It is the point where it becomes quite difficult to peel off the bracts. Note - I have used the banana heart or the innermost part of the inflorescence in this recipe. She ended up making the 'kadali bhanda patua' for lunch that day and I ended up asking for a second helping of piping hot rice to go with it. The rest of the flower had been used up but the inner core sporting the pale yellow bracts had been reserved for the 'Patua', a delicacy like no other. Luckily she remembered the banana hearts sitting in the fridge. My aunt was almost done with the cooking when I casually enquired about the blossoms. Though they were still immature, they looked pretty impressive with each one of them sporting more than a dozen hands. Most of them were sporting bunches of plantains. I looked outside and marveled at the clump of robust plantain plants with their large shiny leaves. While the design did serve its purpose in the older days, it is now defunct or rather a perpetual problem. The grills are spaced far apart making it a breeze for stray cats to enter and exit at will. Like all other kitchens in the colony, this one also sports a metal mesh covering the entire window. It is one of those small kitchens with disproportionally big windows. I was standing in my maternal aunt's kitchen in Rourkela.
It saved me a lot of hassle during the weeks.
#Odia recipe movie
While Saturday afternoons or evenings were designated for movie dates, my Sunday afternoons were usually dedicated to meal prepping even during those days. The cleaned flowers keep well in the fridge for 3-4 days without turning black provided not much damage has been done while pulling out the tepal and the stylus-stigma. It helps me take a call on the prepping method to be deployed. I always boil and taste a single flower even before I start cleaning the rest. The flavor of the banana flower is highly dependent on the variety and they can turn out to be anything from bland to delicious to downright bitter. One which I still apply when cooking these flowers. However, the fiasco taught me a valuable lesson. Luckily my mother knew the way to cook with these bitter ones. It was just too bitter and had to be thrown out. But the dish turned out to be a disaster. Of course, I had to buy one and devote the entire afternoon prepping it. Much bigger than the homegrown ones I had always seen. As luck would have had it, I spotted banana flowers being sold by some of the ladies. Weekend trips to the Ryathu bazaar were in order. I was newly married and picking up the ropes of running a household. The only solace was I simply loved all the dishes made with banana inflorescence.Ĭut to the year 2010. Talk about the time and effort to rewards ratio being unfavorably skewed.
The last one, in particular, would take up a lot of time. Tasks like peeling the peas, picking the greens, and prepping the banana inflorescence would be delegated to the kids at times to keep them busy or rather to keep them away from mischief. At times, I would join her after finishing my studies. Me and my brother engrossed in our books, my mother doing the lunch prepping, and my grandmother rubbing oil on her arthritic joints. As a result, this was one territory teeming with humans of all ages, each one engrossed in his/her own thing. Any chore that could be moved outdoors was moved to this spot. Winter mornings in Rourkela tend to be quite harsh and the morning sunlight is almost a blessing. I always sought out the former for some warmth. Maybe they even liked to sit on the cloth drying lines that swayed precariously under their weight. The pigeons were always seeking a snack or two. Anything that required long hours under the sun was deported to the terrace and one of the kids was assigned guard duty. This sweet spot that received sunlight for a few hours was our go-to area for sunning everything from the pickles to the precious silk sarees that were often taken out as winter also meant wedding season.
#Odia recipe Patch
The filtered rays of the winter sun used to light up a small patch in my parent's garden.
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