Bengali Aloo Posto

Name: How to cook Bengali Aloo Posto - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 3 people
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

ayndrila dutta

Bengali Aloo Posto

#mychildhoodrecipe This apparently bland look of potatoes with posto was capable of rousing passion for me in my childhood days on Saturday when my mother cooked veg meal for us . We loved the flavour of the poppy seeds which provided body and texture to the gravy. This recipe is recreated from my mother’s cook notebook and it is very simple yet stands out for its classic taste

Ingredient

Food ration :

3 people

Cooking time :

30 minutes

400 gm

potatoes

50 gm

posto or poppy seeds

dry red chillies

50 gm

mustard oil

1/4 tsp

nigella seeds

green chillies

1/2 tsp

Salt

1/4 tsp

Sugar

1 cup

Water

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Soak poppy seeds in water for two hours. Strain and add to a grinder jar, along with 2 green chillies and 75 g water. Grind to a coarse paste. Set aside.

* Step 2

Now add oil in a kadai and add 1/4 tsp nigella seeds and dry red chillies and temper. Add the potatoes and light fry for 2 minutes

* Step 3

Now add water and bring to boil so that the potatoes are covered well and now add the poppyseed paste and cook till the potatoes are soft

* Step 4

Finally when the gravy starts thickening and water reduces add some mustard oil and 2 slit green chillies and serve with rice and daal. Your Aloo posto is ready.