Aloo Posto
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.
