
Aloo Posto – Bengali Recipe

Ideal For
Lunch
Food Type
VegIngredients
How To Cook
Ingredients:
- 800gms baby potatoes
- 60gms poppy seeds
- 2 tbsp Doctor’s Choice Kachi Ghani Mustard Oil
- 1 heaped tsp nigella seeds
- 2 green chillies slit lengthwise
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 150ml water
- ½ tsp sugar
- Salt to taste
- Extra chillies for garnish (optional)
Method:
- Soak the poppy seeds in water for two hours. Strain and add it to the grinder along with 2 green chillies and 75g water. Grind it into a paste and keep aside
- Peel the potatoes and cut them into cubes. Slice the onions and keep them aside
- Heat Doctor’s Choice Kachi Ghani Mustard Oil in a pan. Once smoking and pale yellow, add the chopped onions to the pan. Fry until lightly coloured.
- Temper the oil with dried red chillies and black jeera. Add the potatoes and fry upto 5 minutes. Avoid making the potatoes too brown in color. Look forward to mixing regularly.
- Add the poppy seed paste with salt and sugar. Cook on a low heat until the aroma of the poppy seeds fades away.
- Continue to cook on a low heat until the potatoes are soft. Make a note to keep adding some water to avoid the potatoes from sticking to the pan.
- Garnish the dish with 2 slit green chillies and 1 tsp of Doctor’s Choice Kachi Ghani Mustard Oil.
- To enhance the flavor of this aloo posto bengali recipe, add the fried onions and give it one final stir.
- Serve with hot rice and dal or rotis.
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