Potol Aloo Posto (Potato pointed gourd fry with poppy seeds)
Potol Aloo Posto (Potato pointed gourd fry with poppy seeds)

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Potol Aloo Posto (Potato pointed gourd fry with poppy seeds) is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Potol Aloo Posto (Potato pointed gourd fry with poppy seeds) is something that I have loved my whole life.

Potol or Pointed Gourd is a very popular and a must have vegetable in any bong's pantry. My mom used to make this as a quick fix meal. This is Potol Posto or Pointed Gourd in Poppy Seed Paste.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have potol aloo posto (potato pointed gourd fry with poppy seeds) using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Potol Aloo Posto (Potato pointed gourd fry with poppy seeds):
  1. Get 500 gm potato cut into cylindrical shape
  2. Prepare 300 gm pointed gourd peeled and cut into two halves vertically
  3. Make ready 1 cup paste of poppy seeds
  4. Take 8 green chillies slitted
  5. Take Salt as required
  6. Take Mustard oil as required
  7. Prepare 1 teaspoon panch phoran
  8. Take 1 teaspoon turmeric powder

Potol aloo posto is a very simple Bengali recipe and the Bengalis are very fond of it. If you ask me what is the most coveted thing in this faraway land, the answer would be potol or pointed gourd. We get to see tiny sized potol during the late summer months in some of the Indian grocery stores which. 'Aloo Posto' is one of the popular item among the posto category. You will love to eat this with hot plain rice and daal.

Instructions to make Potol Aloo Posto (Potato pointed gourd fry with poppy seeds):
  1. Heat some oil in a wok and add the panch phoran. Let it splutter.
  2. Add the potatoes, pointed gourd, slitted green chillies, salt and turmeric powder.
  3. Fry them in a high flame until light brown in colour.
  4. Add the poppy seeds paste, 1/2 cup of water and cover it with a lid.
  5. Uncover the wok when the water evaporates.
  6. Again fry it for a while by adding some mustard oil.
  7. Remove it from the flame and serve hot with steamed rice.

Whenever you are going to describe anything about Bengali, you have to mention 'posto'/poppy seeds. They make planty of dishes with posto like 'piyaj posto', 'potol posto', 'posto. Dice the potatoes in small square pieces Heat oil in a frying pan and fry the potatoes. Add the black cummin to fry little bit. Add the potatoes along with turmeric powder and salt and mix well to.

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