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Aloo Posto | Alu Posto Bengali Recipe

Classic Bengali potato dish with poppy seed paste
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Breakfast, Main Course, Vegetarian
Cuisine Bangladeshi, Bengali, Indian
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 4-5 nos potatoes peeled and cut into small cubes
  • ½ cup poppy seeds
  • ½ tsp sugar
  • 4-5 nos green chilies
  • 4 tbsp mustard oil
  • salt to taste

Instructions
 

  • Peel and cut potatoes into small cubes (half-inch cubes). Keep the potatoes submerged in water before cooking.
  • Soak poppy seed beforehand (about 20 minutes) and then grind it into a paste along with green chilli.
  • The paste need not be very smooth. a little coarseness is preferred here.
  • Now heat 2 tbsp of mustard oil in a kadai and add the chopped potatoes (without any water). Fry the potatoes on high heat for 3-4 minutes.
  • Then sprinkle salt and cover and let the potatoes soften on low heat. Keep stirring time and again so that the potatoes don't stick to the bottom of the pan.
  • Once the potatoes are cooked, uncover and add poppy seed paste.
  • Again on medium heat, stir this till the poppy seed dries out and the entire dish becomes like a stir-fry.
  • Add sugar and add salt if needed. Finally, add 2-3 split green chillies and drizzle raw mustard oil over this.
  • Take it off the heat and serve with rice.
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