Dim Posto (Egg Posto) – an easy bengali posto recipe
Dim posto is a unique posto recipe. I first had it in my friends house and since then this has become a favourite of mine. For those who do not know what Dim posto is – it is Egg Posto or Egg cooked in poppy seed paste. We call posto as khuskhus in Hindi. Now let me quickly tell you how we can prepare this. Its easy and quick recipe to cook.
- Preparation Time – 10 mins
- Cooking Time – 25 mins
- Serves – 4
The ingredients you need to make this great Dim posto recipe are :
- Egg (Dim
) – 4 pieces - Onion – 2 medium sized
- Mustard oil (sarso ki tel) – 5 table spoon
- Green chilly – 4 (It tastes well when its a bit spicy with the taste of green chili)
- Salt – 1/2 tea spoon
- Posto bata (Posto paste or Poppy seed paste) – 6 table spoon
- Water – 1/2 cup (small)
Now here we go how to prepare the Dim posto :
- Hard boil the egg and peel the layer.
- Cut the onions and green chillis in long thin stripes.
- Heat 5 table spoon of oil in a kadai and add the eggs. Fry them lightly till they turn a little brownish.
- Now in the kadai add posto paste, salt, the eggs and water. Cook on high heat for one to two minutes. Keep stirring all the time.
- Keep stirring till the water is totally dry. Then add 1 tablespoon mustard oil and mix very well.
- Serve with rice or even with roti.
Isn’t this a very easy to cook, simple recipe? Its not so quick as it takes about about half an hour but you know this is a very easy Bengali recipe to cook. This can be a great dish when guests come over as well. Generally the common posto dishes are aloo posto, jhinge posto, kopi posto … but this can be a surprisingly different one.
Hope you enjoy this unique recipe of egg cooked in poppy seed paste.
