Aloo posto: Potatoes with poppy seeds paste: every bengali's favorite dish
Every bengali get crazy for this one dish- Aloo posto.
Aloo means potato
Posto means Poppy seeds
It is very easy to make this dish.
Ingredients:
2-3 potatoes cut into small cubes
3-4 tsp of poppy seeds powder or paste
Salt, turmeric powder half tsp and Kashmiri chilli powder half tsp
Water 1 cup
Oil 2 tsp
1. Heat up oil and fry the potato cubes for 2-5 minutes. Add salt, turmeric powder half tsp and Kashmiri chilli powder half tsp. Stir for 2 minutes.
3. Check if the potatoes are properly cooked and your Aloo posto is ready. Simple, quick and delicious.
Serve it with hot rice and Arhar/Urad daal.
To make arhar daal, Pressure cook 1 cup of dehusked black gram lentils for 5-6 whistles.
Heat up 1 tsp oil , add half tsp fennel seeds,1 dried red chili, a pinch of Asafoetida, a bayleaf . When they start crackling , pour in the boiled daal and add half tsp of turmeric powder and salt to taste. Mix well and let simmer for 5-7 minutes. Urad/Arhar/Biulir daal is ready.
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