Thorer Ghanto
Do you know what is Thor? Thor is the inner part of the stem of the banana tree that is very tasty and heritage Bengali recipe too. It contains high amount of Iron and other minerals and vitamins. It takes time to prepare the recipe and we do not have time to spend for this preparation. However, we can try with this preparation on a holiday to bring change in our taste.

Ingredients:

• Good quality and not very matured sliced thor - 500 grams
• Grated coconut - 100 grams
• White Zeera - 20 grams
• Green Chilly 0 6 pieces sliced
• Good quality rice - 200 grams
• White Oil - 50 grams
• Red Chilly - 4 pieces
• Tej Pata - 6 leaves
• Ghee - 2 tablespoonful
• Garam Masala - 5 grams

Preparation:

• Wash the sliced Thor properly , put little salt in it and boil for 2 minutes in water.
• Remove water and keep the thor separately.
• Put oil in the fry pan and put Tej Pata, White Zeera and Red Chilly when the oil is hot.
• Put rice into the oil and fry till the rice turns into brown colour
• As it turns into brown colour, add Thor into it and put the grated coconut into it
• Fry the mix for 5 minutes till it turns into a bit reddish colour
• Put the sliced green chilly and salt to taste and add 2 cups of water.
• Close the lid of the Pan and let the entire preparation be cooked for 5 minutes.
• Open the lid and see that the water is in the verge of being dried up.
• As it tends to dry up, add ghee and Garam masala and bring down the pan from the open.
• Server the preparation in lunch or dinner and side dish.