BM# 63: Journey through the Cuisines
Week 1: Bengali Cuisine
Day 6: F for Fulkopi Posto (Bengali Cauliflower curry with poppy seeds)
Letter F was one of the tough letters to find a dish. Initially I wanted to make 'Fuchka', a Bengali variation of our beloved pani puri. But then after looking at couple of recipes, I wasn't sure if it was puchka, phuchka or fuchka. With so much ambiguity, I left it at that (but I still have a pack of store-bought puris waiting to be used). Then I thought of making Fuluri, a lentil based bajji but I wasn't in a mood to deep fry, so finally chose a simpler and easier to make dish.
F for Fulkopi or cauliflower in Bengali. Posto or poppy seeds is a popular ingredient in Bengali cooking. I have already tried bittergourd posto and potato-eggplant posto. This cauliflower posto is very easy to make, cook cauliflower with ground spiced poppy seed sauce. It tastes great with rice or roti. Most of the recipes I saw online also had potato in them, but I skipped it and made the curry with only cauliflower. So add potato if you want to.
Recipe from Aparna's Akcookbook:
Fulkopi Posto
Ingredients
- 1 head Cauliflower Medium of , cut into florets
- ½ cup Green Peas
- 2 tsps Mustard Oil
- 1 Bay leaf
- ½ tsp Seeds Nigella
- 2 ~ 3 Chilies Green , slit
- 10 tbsps Cashews water , soaked in warm for minutes
- 1 tsp Peppercorns
- 10 tbsps Poppy Seeds water , soaked in warm for minutes
- ½ Cinnamon " stick
- 2 tbsps Yogurt , whisked well
- To taste Salt
Instructions
- Steam or microwave cauliflower until fork tender.
- Drain the cashews, poppy seeds and grind them to a smooth paste along with the peppercorns and cinnamon stick.Set aside.
- Heat oil in a pan; add the bay leaf, nigella seeds and green chilies. Saute for 1 minute. Next add the steamed cauliflower and cook for 3~4 minutes.
- Add the ground paste, green peas and cook until the flavors get a chance to mingle, about 4~5 minutes.
- Stir in the yogurt and season with salt. Sprinkle some water if the dish looks too dry. Cook covered for another 5 minutes. Serve with rice or roti.
Sowmya Sundararajan
I am loving this Bengali marathon!
Srivalli
Fulkopi seem to rule today..nice and simple dish...
Gayathri's Cook Spot
That is a nice flavourful curry. I have used poppy seeds in kurma which gives a rich texture to the dish. Though this is a dry version, it looks so irresistible...
Usha Rao
Cauliflower posto looks yummy. I like cauliflower dry curry but husband likes it only in shorva. Next time I will try this with leftover florets after preparing shorva for him.
Amara Annapaneni
Cauliflower with cashews.. Yummy. Sounds and looks delicious. I have to try this one:)
Suma Gandlur
I had no idea that gobi is cooked in posto sauce too. Another great option to cookmgobi, I guess.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan
What an aromatic dish this. Love the flavors of this subzi.
rekhas kitchen
My choice is also cauliflower for F Fulkopi posto looks so delicious..
Srividhya Gopalakrishnan
Love slightly roasted cauliflower. Amazing share. Seems like todays heroes are fulkopi, fenugreek and filter coffee.
vaishali sabnani
Excellent dish..I am book marking the Bangla recipes ...hopingly will make a thali soon.
Sapana Behl
Same pinch Pavani and what a coincidence even I chose,I mean made fuchka but dropped the idea of using it as I was also confused if it is Puchka or Fuchka.Love your version of poshto and it looks so beautiful .
Priya Suresh
Fulkopi curry with some rotis makes a prefect meal, cant wait to make this bengali curry soon.
Harini-Jaya Rupanagudi
Awesome looking curry with cauliflower!
Smruti Shah
Your dishes are getting more and more interesting as the days go by. Loving this Bengali Marathon! As usual, I love the clicks in this post too 🙂
Kalyani
Looks great .. Addition of poppy seeds truly makes it richer
Nalini's Kitchen
Must be a delicious and flavorful cauliflower curry..Love those spices added in the curry.
rajani
Bengalis Love poppy seeds I guess. It has an important place in their cuisine. Nice choice for F!
PJ
Delicious curry and beautiful props 🙂
Global Tastes & Travels Inc.
I made this few mnonths back when I did Bengali theme and loved it entirely - of course your version is better photographed than mine 😉 - I am sure you loved it as much as I did
Global Tastes & Travels Inc.
I made this few mnonths back when I did Bengali theme and loved it entirely - of course your version is better photographed than mine 😉 - I am sure you loved it as much as I did