Bengali Aloo Posto
Bengali Aloo Posto

Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, bengali aloo posto. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Bengali Aloo Posto is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Bengali Aloo Posto is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have bengali aloo posto using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Bengali Aloo Posto:
  1. Prepare 800 gms baby potatoes peeled
  2. Prepare 1 big sized onion, chopped
  3. Make ready 60 gms poppy seeds
  4. Make ready 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  5. Take 1 heaped tsp nigella seeds
  6. Take 2 green chillies slit lengthwise
  7. Make ready 150 ml water
  8. Get to taste Salt
  9. Make ready extra chillies for garnish (optional)
Instructions to make Bengali Aloo Posto:
  1. Soak the poppy seeds in a bowl of hot water for 2 hours. Make sure the water covers all the poppy seeds. Using 4 tbsp of the soaking liquid add the poppy seeds to a blender and grind to a paste. Set aside.
  2. Heat oil in a heavy bottom sauce pan heat the oil over a medium flame. Add the nigella seeds and green chillies. Fry for 7-8 seconds and add the onion and saute for 1-7 mins. Then add the peeled potatoes. Mix well and fry for 5 minutes.
  3. Add the poppy seed paste making sure it coats all the potato pieces. Add the water and season to taste.
  4. Bring to a boil and simmer with the lid on for 15 minutes. Stir halfway through cooking. Add a few more chillies (if you like it spicy) and simmer for 2 minutes. Add a little more water if it gets too dry.
  5. Serve as side dish with piping hot plate of rice and daal.

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