Today am discus about how to prepare Bengali Food Alu Posto.This is a Bengali dish. Bengali cooking is famous for sweets made from cheese. Sandesh, Rosogolla are few of the very popular recipes. Aloo Posto dish are any food lovers first choice. In this dish alu is the main ingredients . In this dish alu are prepared with onion and posto dana .
Aloo Posto
Ingredients
- Kancha Lanka - ( Green chillies ) - 2
- Alu - ( potatoes ) - 5 ,6 Medium Size
- Chini - ( sugar ) - 1/2 tsp
- Ghee - 1 tsp
- Soiisa Tela - (mustard oil ) - 2 tsp
- Posto Dana - ( poppy seeds ) - 4 tsp
- Luna - ( salt ) - to taste
- onion seeds - (kalonji) - 1/2 tsp
Posto Dana
Onion Seed
Method Of Preparation
- Take off and cut the potatoes into one inch sized pieces.
- Keep them in water.
- Soak poppy seeds in one cup hot water for fifteen to twenty minutes.
- Remove and grind to a fine paste.
- Heat mustard oil in a pot till it just reaches smoking point.
- Remove, cool and heat up the oil again on medium heat.
- Mix in onion seed and fry some times.
- Mix in potato pieces and fry on medium heat up for five minutes, stirring it.
- Mix in the poppy seeds paste, stir and mix in half cup of water, cover and fry on low heat up till the potatoes are almost done.
- Then mix in salt, sugar and slit green chilies.
- Continue to fry for a minute more or till potatoes are completely cooked, stir in desi ghee and serve it.
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