Jhinge-Aloo Posto (Angled Luffa and Potato with Poppy Seeds)
 
 

Ingredients:

250 gm potatoes

4 tbsp poppy seed

½ tsp ginger

1 tsp turmeric powder

2-3 green chilis

1 onion (chopped)

½ tsp cumin seeds

½ tomato

Slat to taste

 

Procedure

1)     Wash potatoes and peel the skin. Cut into small cubes of about ½ cubic in. Mix ½ tsp turmeric powder and salt.

2)     Grind the poppy seeds with green chili.

3)     Heat oil in a frying pan, add potato cubes to it and fry well in medium heat for 5 mins until the potato cubes turn brownish. Keep the fried potato cubes aside.

4)      Heat oil in the frying pan, add cumin seeds to it and fry for 30 sec. Reduce the heat to low and then add chopped onion and green chili, and fry for 2-3 mins. After that, add ginger and fry for another 1 mins. Then add tomato and ½ tsp turmeric powder and fry for 2 mins. Add ground poppy seeds and fry for another 2 mins. Add slat to taste.

5)     Add the fried potato in the frying pan and mix it with well with spices and fry for two mins. At last, add two cups of hot water and let it boil it for 5 mins in high heat. The dish is ready when the water is evaporated and the potatoes are evenly coated with the poppy paste and also become soft.

6)     Serve with rice and dal

 

 

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