Sunday, September 1, 2013

Aloo Posto (Bengali Recipe)

Ingredients
Par boiled potatoes - 3
Green chillies – 2
Turmeric  powder -1/4 tsp
Mustard oil – 1 tbl.sp
Panch phoron – 1 tsp
Poppy seed (posto) – 50 gm
Salt as per taste

Method
Cut potatoes into small cubes.
Make a paste of poppy seed by adding water.
Heat one tbl.sp of mustard oil in a pan, to it add panch phoron and green chillies. Add potatoes and stir.
Add poppy seed paste to it alon g with salt and turmeric powder.
Add half a cup of water and boil for few minutes.

Reduce the flame,  and leave it to simmer till the water dries up.

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