Healthy Fulkopir Paturi Recipe (Bengali Style Cauliflower Dumplings)

Name: Healthy Fulkopir Paturi Recipe (Bengali Style Cauliflower Dumplings)
Prep time: 85 min
Cuisine: Bengali Recipes
Ingredients: 1 cup Cauliflower (gobi); grated; 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi); 1/4 teaspoon Red Chilli powder; 1/2 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera); 1/4 teaspoon Sugar; 1 teaspoon Mustard oil; Salt; salt to taste; To Be Ground For Marination; 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu); powder using mortar and pestle; 3/4 teaspoon Poppy seeds; powder using mortar and pestle; 2 Green Chillies; chopped; 1/4 cup Fresh coconut; grated; 4 Garlic; cloves; For Steaming; 1/2 Banana leaf; to line the steamer; 1/2 Banana leaf; lightly toss in heat and cut them into squares and remove the stem; 10 Toothpicks; Oil; few drops for greasing

By Admin

Prep Time Total in 85 M

Course Lunch

Cuisine Bengali Recipes

Diet Vegetarian

This Fulkopir Paturi recipe is a vegetarian twist to the traditional Bengali ‘Paturi’, which is typically made with fish. Fish are marinated with spices dominated by mustard and then steam cooked in a banana leaf. In this vegetarian Paturi recipe, 'Fulkopir' or Cauliflower is grated and marinated in a spicy paste. Since this dish is steam cooked, there is very less use of oil. The flavours of the marinade remains intact after steaming.

Ingredients

1 cup Cauliflower (gobi)
grated
1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
1/4 teaspoon Red Chilli powder
1/2 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
1/4 teaspoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Mustard oil
Salt
salt to taste
To Be Ground For Marination
1 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu)
powder using mortar and pestle
3/4 teaspoon Poppy seeds
powder using mortar and pestle
2 Green Chillies
chopped
1/4 cup Fresh coconut
grated
4 Garlic
cloves
For Steaming
1/2 Banana leaf
to line the steamer
1/2 Banana leaf
lightly toss in heat and cut them into squares and remove the stem
10 Toothpicks
Oil
few drops for greasing

Instructions

Step 1

To prepare Healthy Fulkopir Paturi Recipe, wash and grate cauliflower and soak in hot water for 2-3 minutes

Step 2

Drain the water, squeeze the grated cauliflower, and set them aside in a wide bowl

Step 3

Grind together all the ingredients given under 'To Be Ground For Marination' using very little water to make a thick paste

Step 4

Add the ground paste, salt, sugar, turmeric powder, chilli powder, mustard oil, and cumin seeds to the cauliflower

Step 5

Mix them well using your hands, cover and set it aside for 45 minutes

Step 6

Line a Steamer with banana leaf

Step 7

Take small portions of the marinated vegetables and shape them into dumplings using your hand

Step 8

Place the shaped portion in the center of the cut banana leaf squares, close with banana leaf and seal them using a toothpick

Step 9

Repeat this method for the remaining marinated cauliflower dumplings

Step 10

Steam for 12- 15 minutes

Step 11

Serve Healthy Fulkopir Paturi Recipe along with Phulka, Chirer Pulao, and Chaler Payesh

Step 12

It can also be served with plain cooked rice