Potatoes with Poppy Seeds -

Potatoes with Poppy Seeds -

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Recipe for the classic Bengali dish, aloo posto, that features potatoes covered in nutty poppy seed paste and finished with the sharp taste of mustard oil.

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Ingredients

  • 5 tbl beige poppy seeds **
  • 1 tbl flavorless oil, like grapeseed
  • 1 dried red chili
  • 1/2 tsp paanch phoron (recipe below)
  • 1 jalapeno or serrano chili, split in half (optional)
  • 1 small yellow onion, finely chopped
  • 3/4 lb Yukon Gold potatoes, chopped into 1 inch peices
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp sugar
  • 1/2 tbl mustard oil **
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp fennel seeds
  • 1 tsp nigella seeds ** (optional)
  • 1 tsp yellow or black mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp fenugreek seeds ** (optional)

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