Aloo Posto/Potato In Poppy Seeds Gravey

About Aloo Posto/Potato In Poppy Seeds Gravey
A very famous dish of Bengal.Spice potatoes are cooked with poppy seed paste,green chilli and black carway.
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Recipe Time & More
Ingredients
- 4 cubes Potato (medium chopped in)
- 6 tbsp Poppy Seeds
- 2 no Green Chillies
- 1 tsp Caraway Seeds (or seeds black nigella seeds)
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1/2 tsp Sugar
- to tsp Salt
- 2 tbsp Mustard Oil
- 1/4 cup Water
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Instructions
- Soak poppy seeds in 1/4cup of water for 20 mins atleast, it's ease the grinding procedure.
- After soaking,add poppy seeds in the chutney grinder or food processor.
- Add 1 green Chilli and grind into fine paste.
- In the meantime,clean and chop the potatoes in cubes
- Take a frypan add mustard oil,once heated and add Nigella seeds and sugar,stir and saute for few seconds
- Add chopped potatoes and saute it on low flame, stirring it on interval,till it's half done.
- Add poppy seed and chilli paste and add turmeric powder.
- Now add water to it and salt.
- Now cover the pan with lid ,on simmer till all water dries up and potatoes are cooked.
- Make sure potatoes are not over cooked and poppy seed paste is coated evenly.
- Serve with rice/Indian bread.
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Absolutely mouthwatering! Thanks for sharing.
Such a delicious dish! Thank you.
This looks so inviting! Thank you.