How to make Aloo Posto -

Potato preparation cooked with poppy seeds.

Sanjeev Kapoor

This recipe is from FoodFood TV channel & has featured on Sanjeev Kapoor Kitchen.

Main Ingredients : Potatoes (आलू), Poppy seeds

Cuisine : Bengali

Course : Main Course Vegetarian

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For more recipes related to Aloo Posto checkout Batata Bhaji, Batata Song , Aloo Matar, Achari Aloo . You can also find more Main Course Vegetarian recipes like Bharwan Tinda Manchurian Fried Rice Bowl - SK Khazana Raw Banana Sabzi Matar Gobhi Masti

Aloo Posto

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Hindi: Aloo

Why is it that when you are stuck at “what should we cook today” the answer is always “make some aloo!” Potatoes are like this…extremely popular and have multipurpose usage.

And did you always think that eating a potato will make you fat?
Well, don’t – it is a surprising source of vitamin C and provides useful amounts of starch, thiamine and niacin and around a hundred grams will provide about eighty calories.
Little did you know!

 

Prep Time : 6-10 minutes

Cook time : 11-15 minutes

Serve : 4

Level Of Cooking : Easy

Taste : Mild

Ingredients for Aloo Posto Recipe

  • Potatoes 5-6 medium

  • Poppy seeds soaked 4 tablespoons

  • Mustard oil 2 teaspoons

  • Onion seeds (kalonji) 1/2 teaspoon

  • Green chillies 2

  • Salt to taste

  • Sugar 1/2 teaspoon

  • Pure ghee 1/2 teaspoon

Method

Step 1

Heat mustard oil in a non stick pan till it smokes. Switch off heat.

Step 2

Cut potatoes into ½ inch cubes. Drain and grind khus khus to a fine paste.

Step 3

Heat the mustard oil again, add onion seeds and sauté till fragrant. Add potatoes and mix well. Cover and cook for 5 minutes.

Step 4

Add khus khus paste and mix. Cover and cook again till the potatoes are done.

Step 5

Slit green chillies. Add salt, sugar and green chillies and mix. Add ½ cup water and mix. Simmer for a minute.

Step 6

Add ghee and serve hot.

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MasterChef Sanjeev Kapoor

Chef Sanjeev Kapoor is the most celebrated face of Indian cuisine. He is Chef extraordinaire, runs a successful TV Channel FoodFood, hosted Khana Khazana cookery show on television for more than 17 years, author of 150+ best selling cookbooks, restaurateur and winner of several culinary awards. He is living his dream of making Indian cuisine the number one in the world and empowering women through power of cooking to become self sufficient. His recipe portal www.sanjeevkapoor.com is a complete cookery manual with a compendium of more than 10,000 tried & tested recipes, videos, articles, tips & trivia and a wealth of information on the art and craft of cooking in both English and Hindi.