Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, aloo potol posto potato pointed gourd with poppy seeds. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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Potol or Pointed Gourd is a very popular and a must have vegetable in any bong's pantry. It is not because it is very tasty but it is actually available throughout the year in Bengal. My mom used to make this as a quick fix meal.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have aloo potol posto potato pointed gourd with poppy seeds using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Aloo potol posto Potato pointed gourd with poppy seeds:
- Make ready 6 pointed gourd
- Prepare 1 potato
- Get 4 tbsp poppy seeds
- Prepare 4 tbsp mustard oil
- Make ready 1/2 tsp kalonji or nigella seeds
- Get 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- Get 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- Prepare to taste Salt
- Make ready 1 onion
- Take 1/2 tsp grated Ginger
- Get 2 dry red chillies
- Get 2 green chillies
- Make ready 1 tsp red chilli powder
Some years back, the recipe of aloo posto was shared. Aloo posto is a popular Bengali dish - potatoes cooked in poppy seed paste, served with pooris or plain boiled rice. This delicately flavored curry gets its spice kick from two other trademark Bengali ingredients - mustard oil and panch phoron. Poppy seeds are rich in minerals and contain fine oils.
Steps to make Aloo potol posto Potato pointed gourd with poppy seeds:
- Soak poppy seeds in hot water for 1 hour. Make a smooth paste in a mixture jar.
- Wash, peel and cut pointed gourds and potato into wedges.
- Heat oil in a pan and add kalonji and cumin seeds. Now add turmeric, salt and potatoes to it and cook potatoes on medium heat for 5 to 7 minutes. When the potatoes are half cooked add pointed gourds to it and mix everything well. Cover and cook it until it is 80% done. Take it out in a plate.
- In the remaining oil, add dry red chillies, grated ginger and sliced onions and saute until light pink in colour. Now add poppy seed paste to it and red chilli powder and mix everything well. Add green chilli slits and 1/2 - 3/4 cup of water and mix it. Now add potatoes and pointed gourd to it and cook it until done.
- Serve this vegetable with roti and rice.
Grind the poppy seeds to a powder and add to potatoes. Chop the spinach finely and fold into potato mixture, keep stirring until potatoes turn to pure and spinach reduces. Be careful not to overcook and loose the colour of the spinach. This dish is a wonderful accompaniment with lamb curry. Aloo Posto is an interesting Bengali recipe made by using potato with poppy seeds.
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