Poppy seeds paste with raw mustard oil & steamed moist rice

 

Monsoon & hot cuppa rice!

Poppy seeds raw paste, drizzled with mustard oil, green chillies, hint of salt, with steaming hot rice! 

Monsoons are here and what better than a hot plate of steamed rice with my favourite Poshto !

Here you need to grind the poppy seeds (khuskhus) to a coarse paste. Traditionally the same is done in a stone mortar and pestle to get that perfect texture.

However the trick for today’s generation is to soak the poppy seeds in some water overnight and then grind it in the food processor.

Poppy seeds are popular in West Bengal as recipes of aloo poshto or “potato & poppy seeds dish”… and many others.. Poppy seeds pastes add great taste to traditional aloo dum recipes as well.

Now to this paste of say one small bowl, which I like un-cooked… add mustard oil (about 2 to 3 tbs), finely chopped or slightly grinded green chillies, salt (half tsp), and two drops of lemon juice.

Ah, heavenly!

 

Enjoy it just like that with Hot plate of steamed rice. Let the rice be cooked all moist…

 

Note: The images have been sourced from google images and pinterest… 

 

 

Food Journey Mood Journey

Well, I was just feeling a little blue…And to beat the blues away I decided to start a Food Blog.

For some reason or the other I get to interact with Foodies and renowned food bloggers a lot..and well, this thought of rambling about food made me feel Nice!

So here I am. To Talk about Food…oodles of noodles, and other regular stuff. I might talk about food I love to cook, eat and think about…

Am I a Foodie? Difficult to answer. How do you define a foodie..

Well I love to cook to de-stress and feel the power of creating such oodles of joy. I like to eat very particular kind of food, and am pretty moody about it. I like simplicity in food and good flavours. To the likes of comfort food…

 

They say am fussy and that I should eat more often but they who really know me..know that I how I relish food and how it can completely change my mood from not-so-good to wonderful…

 

 

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