Aloo Posto
June 17, 2014
A common bengali dish made from potato with poppy seed (posta)
Cuisine
Bengali
Course
Main Course
Serves
6
Method
Roast
Difficulty
Hard
Cook Time
30 minutes
- Cuisine Bengali
- Course Main Course
- Serves 6
- Method Roast
- Difficulty Hard
- Cook Time 30 minutes
Ingredients
potato
600 grams
poppy (posta) seed
3 tablespoon
mustard oil or cooking oil
4 tablespoon
salt
1 teaspoon
turmeric powder
1/4 teaspoon
kalanji
1/2 teaspoon
green chili
2
Instructions
1. Cut peeled potatoes in medium sized cubes.
2. Make a paste of poppy seeds (posta) and green chili.
3. Heat oil in a kadhai and add kalanji.
4. Add cut potato and turmeric powder into the Kadhai and stir to mix well.
5. Add salt and cover the Kadhai with a lid.
6. Allow to cook for 5 minutes or so , take out the lid,stir and roast for 2-3 minutes.
7. Add paste of posta (poppy seed) and green chili.
8. Stir and mix properly and allow to cook till almost dry, add sugar.
9. If some gravy is preferred , then add 1/2 cup of water stirred and allowed to boil.
10. Taste for salt chili etc and the dish ready to serve. Goes well with rice or chapati /paratha.
HEY THERE!