Phulkopir Shingara Recipe with Perfect Folding Technique-Winter Special Bengali Spicy Stuffed Pastry

Eating phulkopi'r singara is best described as transcendental experience. Time stops still, and after you are done everything else in life seems to hold little attraction. Now that you have been warned, let us talk about the phulkopi'r shingara itself.
Phulkopi'r shingara means shingara made with cauliflowers. This means that to make this shingara you must use only the best seasonal cauliflowers. In Bengal cauliflowers are in season in winter. The shingara is ubiquitous all over Bengal, yet a proper shingara recipe is surprisingly hard to come by. All of the recipes we have found on the internet or cookbooks are "home-style" and don't taste like the spicy, jhaal (hot) and mildly sweet shingara sold in sweet shops and chop'er dokan (small fried goods shops). We figured out the recipe of the shingara filling around 2010 and since then have been guarding it like a secret. Today we are publishing it for everyone.
Another common problem with most of the shingara recipes on the internet is that the folding technique is not exactly right. The base of the singara actually has a double fold, creating four layers. It is quite difficult to get right, but we found help in KZbinr Selina Rehman's shingara video. Her video is the only video that shows this technique in a way that is easy to follow. It can be used to fold samosas as well.
This recipe is laborious, no doubt, but if you follow the measures to the T you will have made one of the best shingaras you have had.
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Hate peanuts in my shingara! Will add ghughni/dabli instead 😋

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Thank you so much for the recipe. I had requested it long ago. It was unexpected that you posted this today! Made my winter!

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Can we just cut out the cauliflower ingredient and make a simple potato samosa??

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Yes

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No , why bother then , 5 ru Singaras are available every where and done by professionals .Also if you deep fry at home a lot of oil will be waisted .

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Adding cauliflower is Bengal special ..

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Of course, you can. But the taste will not be of the quintessential Phulkopir Shingara. :)

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Yes. Cauliflower is a seasonal addition. Except in winter, other times we use simple potato stuffing only. In addition u can add small fried coconut pieces as well.

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The best Shingara recipe ever. Results wer truly ammmmzingg

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Hi, thanks a lot for the detailed recipe. I watched it yesterday and today we had phulkopi r singara as breakfast. It came out so good. thanks again

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had been waiting for it since ages!!!thanku sooooooo much love from bangladesh

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Folding technique was impressive!!!

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Love your cooking❤️❤️. Bolchi singara r sathe mishti chatni ta hole bhaloi hoto.

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Singara is always my favorite snack...I can't refuse it ever...very nice recipe looks very tasty just like those মিষ্টান্ন ভান্ডারs hehehe ...

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Khub valo laglo singara, chayer songe Darun lagbe khete.

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Paneer

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Wah...cauliflowet samosa is a new one for me...looks very crunchy on d outide... Will try....yumm..

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Ato sundor presentation. Dekhei khete ichhe kore. Lovely.

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I tried this recipe and it was amazing!!. Best samosa

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Excellent. Just what I was looking for thanks

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