Duck eggs with cauliflower

Name: Duck eggs with cauliflower
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: iced water; 1 medium-sized cauliflower, about 450g/1lb, divided into 2.5cm/1in florets; 45 ml/3 tbsp sunflower oil or light olive oil; 45 ml/3 tbsp sunflower oil or light olive oil; 5 ml/1 tsp cumin seeds, lightly crushed; 2.5 ml/½ tsp black mustard seeds; 2.5 ml/½ tsp nigella seeds; 5 ml/1 tsp coriander seeds, lightly crushed; 1-2 fresh green chillies, finely chopped (deseeded if preferred); 1 medium onion, finely sliced; 2.5 ml/½ tsp salt, or to taste; 5 ml/1 tsp ground turmeric; 4 duck eggs, beaten; 30 ml/2 tbsp fresh coriander (cilantro) leaves, finely chopped; Wholemeal (whole-wheat) Flat Bread and/or Plain Boiled Rice and Red Split Lentils with Mustard and Cumin, to serve; Wholemeal (whole-wheat) Flat Bread and/or Plain Boiled Rice and Red Split Lentils with Mustard and Cumin, to serve; Wholemeal (whole-wheat) Flat Bread and/or Plain Boiled Rice and Red Split Lentils with Mustard and Cumin, to serve; Wholemeal (whole-wheat) Flat Bread and/or Plain Boiled Rice and Red Split Lentils with Mustard and Cumin, to serve; Wholemeal (whole-wheat) Flat Bread and/or Plain Boiled Rice and Red Split Lentils with Mustard and Cumin, to serve

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook

By Mridula Baljekar

Published 2017

About

Duck eggs are very popular in the north-east of India, but hen’s eggs are also perfectly suitable here. This dish, Hahor Koni Aru Phoolkobi, was created by my mother and includes lightly spiced cauliflower florets and golden eggs accentuated with fresh chillies and coriander leaves.

Ingredients

1 medium-sized cauliflower, about 450g/1lb, divided into 2.5cm/1in florets
iced water
45 ml/3 tbsp<

Asia
India
Northeast India
Side dish
Vegetarian

Method

Blanch the cauliflower florets in boiling salted water for 3 minutes, drain, then immediately plunge in iced water.
Heat the oil in a non-stick wok or a frying pan over a medium heat. When hot, but not smoking, add the mustard seeds, and as soon as they pop, add the cumin, coriander and nigella seeds.
Let the seeds crackle for a few s