Aloo Posto

Posted on May 16, 2008
Filed Under Easy Meals, Survival Recipes, Vegeterian |

Aloo posto is a favourite Bengali recipe. Believe it or not it is extremely easy to cook Aloo Posto . If you are not sure what aloo posto is - it is potato cooked in poppy seed paste . Try it. Its a delicasey.

First how quick it can be prepared:

Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Serves: 4

Ingredients required for preparing aloo posto are :

Medium sized aloo (potato) - 7 or 8 pieces
Posto paste (Poppy seed paste) - 6 teaspoon
Salt - 1/3 teaspoon
Sugar - 1 teaspoon
Green chili - 2 or 3 pieces
Mustard oil - 4 tablespoon
Garlic paste - 1/2 teaspoon
Kalo jeera (kalonji) - 1/4 teaspoon
Water - 1 cup

How to make aloo posto :

Boil the potato and cut them into small square pieces.
Make the posto bata - poppy seed paste - in a mixer
Add 3 table spoon oil in a kadai and heat it. Add kalonji, garlic paste and potato and mix well.
Add salt, sugar, green chili and water (as per above proportions) and stir well.
Cover with lid and let it sit on the flame for 5 minutes
Now add the posto bata - poppy seed paste.
Gently stir and see that the water dries up completely in the heat and you are left with the posto paste smeared on the potato cubes
Add 1 table spoon of mustard oil and stir well.
Aloo posto is best served with boiled rice . Granish with green chillies while you serve. Enjoy your meal.