Aloo Posto

Aloo Posto

Aloo Posto is a very very common dish in any Bengali house.You can eat this with dal,rice.Urad or Masoor dal goes very well with this dish.Very simple dish to make yet most popular.My many non Bengali friends requested for this recipe.With few simple ingredients this super yummy dish is made.You can make this with Parwal,aloo,jhinge,ladiesfinger.Always use a kadai so that flavours comes out well.Let is cook.....

Ingredients

1. Potato-4 potato cubes
2. Khuskhus(posto) 1/2 cup
3. Green chillies -4
4. Crushed Garlic-4(optional)
5. Turmeric powder-1/4 tp(Optional)
6. salt to taste
7. Sugar-1/2 tp
8. Mustard oil- For Cooking
9. water
10. Kalongi-1 tp

Method

• Fry or steam the potatoes and keep aside.
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• Put mustard oil in a pan and put 2 cloves crushed garlic(optional for people who don't eat).
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• Now put the paste of khus khus.Paste of khus khus is made with green chillis,salt and khuskhus,water.
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• Sautefor some time and add the potatoes back in the pan.Mix the khus khus and potatoes well and fry for 3 to 4 min and put half cup of water,salt per need.Turmeric is Optional.
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• Cook for 4 min and then uncover and dry the water and make sure it is coated with khuskhus paste.
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• At last spread 1 tp of mustard oil for that extra flavour and punch.
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• Recipe by Chef Dimpol