Recipe of Aloo Posto

Aloo Posto or Poppy Seeds is one of the most popular bengali recipe loved by all. It is the recipe of spiced potatoes cooked with chilli and turmeric.  From my childhood i has been a huge fan of this dish and till today when aloo posto was cooked in our house i used to eat the larger part of it.  My mom now told that next time when she will cook this item she will hide it from me. So guys just imagine my situation now, haha….jokes apart. I am sure not only in my house but in every bong household aloo posto will be hugely demanding.

Now friends lets find out how to cook this delicious dish and what we need to fulfill it.

 

Ingredients

5-6 potatoes

5-6 green chillies

100 gram poppy seeds

1tsp sugar

100 gram mustard oil

Salt to taste

Turmeric powder

Red chilli powder

How to cook aloo posto

First cut the potatoes into small pieces and keep them in water

Then cut the green chillies into 4 pieces

Then paste the poppy seeds with rest of the chilli

Now drop 25 gram mustard oil in a cooking pan when it is hot

Then put the potato pieces in it

Next mix approximate salt, 1tblsp sugar and 1sp turmeric powder and little red chilli powder for colour and mix green chilli also

After little fry mix up poppy seeds paste and little water

Continue to stir fry for few seconds or more till the potatoes are cooked

Lastly mix small amount of mustard oil and continue to stir fry for few minutes

Then serve it hot with boiled rice, dal