Egg Curry Bengali Style : Dim Poshto

A great alternative to chicken curry – quick dinner idea.

It takes a bit of planning for everyone to cook but there are times when we are just out of dinner ideas or feel that chicken curry recipe is too elaborate. Dim Poshto, or Bengali Style Egg curry is for such days. This curry is not as spicy as egg masala, and yet it is one Indian curry recipe that everyone loves, atleast in my household they do. Dim in Bengali means an Egg and Poshto is poppy seeds and true to it’s name this recipe has these two as main ingredients. Served with hot steamed rice, Dim Poshto will also ensure that you sleep very soundly after this meal.

Tip to make the recipe spicier

If you like your curries hot, increase red chili powder in the curry.  But remember not to use garam masala with this one.

Trivia about Bengali Cuisine

Shorsher tel (mustard oil) is the primary cooking medium in Bengali cuisine although Badam tel (groundnut oil) is also used, because of its high smoke point. Of late, the use of sunflower oil, soybean oil and refined vegetable oil, which is a mixture of soybean, kardi, and other edible vegetable oils, is gaining prominence. This later group is popularly known as “shada tel”, meaning white oil, bringing out the contrast in colour between the lightly coloured groundnut and the somewhat darker mustard oil and the other white oils. However, depending on type of food, ghee (clarified butter) is often used, e.g., for making the dough or for frying bread.

mustard paste, holud (turmeric), poshto (poppyseed), ada (ginger), dhone (coriander, seeds and leaves) and narikel (ripe coconut usually desiccated) are other common ingredients. ‘The panch phoron is a general purpose spice mixture composed of radhuni (Carum roxburghianum seeds), jira (cumin), kalo jira (black cumin, also known as nigella), methi (fenugreek) and mouri (aniseed). This mixture is more convenient for vegetarian dishes and fish preparations. Panch phoron is also referred to as Bengali five spice mixture.

Anything cooked with poppy seed paste as the main flavoring agent. Often poppy seed paste with some mustard oil is eaten mixed with rice all by itself as a mild beginner for any Bengali meal.
Source: Wikipedia

Dim Poshto – Bengali Style Eggy Curry

Dim Poshto – Bengali Style Eggy Curry

Ingredients

• Eggs 4
• Poppy seeds 4 Tbsp
• Onions 3 large chopped finely
• Ginger 1 Tsp
• Garlic 1/2 Tsp
• Turmeric 1 Tsp
• Green Chilies 2 seeded and chopped
• Red Chili powder 1/2 Tsp
• Bay leaf 2
• Cardamom 4
• Whole Cloves 4
• Cinnamon 1" Stick
• Mustard oil 6 Tbsp
• Salt to taste

Method

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