East Indian

Aloo Posto (Potato in Poppy Seed Paste)

Name: Aloo Posto (Potato in Poppy Seed Paste)
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: East Indian
Ingredients: 4 potatoes, cubed; 3 tbsp poppy seeds, soaked; 2 green chilies; 3 tbsp mustard oil; 1/2 tsp nigella seeds; 1/2 tsp turmeric; 1/2 cup water; 1 tsp salt

Rina @rina_b

Aloo Posto (Potato in Poppy Seed Paste) is East Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

35 min Medium Heart healthy Vegetarian Vegan Halal Gluten free Dairy free Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

4 potatoes, cubed
3 tbsp poppy seeds, soaked
2 green chilies
3 tbsp mustard oil
1/2 tsp nigella seeds
1/2 tsp turmeric
1/2 cup water
1 tsp salt

How to cook it

Soak the poppy seeds in warm water for 20 minutes, then grind them with the green chilies into a smooth paste.
Heat the mustard oil in a pan until it shimmers and temper with the nigella seeds.
Add the potatoes and turmeric and fry for 5 minutes, stirring often, until the edges start to color.
Stir in the poppy seed paste and salt, coating the potatoes well, then add the water, cover, and cook on low heat until the potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes.
Uncover and let any extra liquid dry off so the posto clings to the potatoes, then serve warm with rice and a splash of raw mustard oil on top.

Watch how to cook Aloo Posto (Potato in Poppy Seed Paste)

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Serve it with

A East Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Aloo Posto (Potato in Poppy Seed Paste), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The protein alongside
- Arhar Dal (Bihari-Style Toor Dal)
  
  30 min
What it is eaten with
- Bajra Bhakri (Pearl Millet Flatbread)
  
  35 min

A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Aloo Posto (Potato in Poppy Seed Paste) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.

Every tracked allergen in Aloo Posto (Potato in Poppy Seed Paste)
Allergen	In this dish
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 270 kcal
Protein: 5 g
Carbs: 34 g
Fat: 13 g
Fiber: 4 g
Sugar: 3 g
Sodium: 440 mg
Saturated fat: 2 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Aloo Posto (Potato in Poppy Seed Paste) takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.