East Indian
Aloo Posto (Potato in Poppy Seed Paste)
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.
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
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.
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.
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The protein alongside
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What it is eaten with
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.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- Low
- Food groups it covers
- Vegetables and Nuts and seeds
- How this was set
- Hand audited
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.
Watch someone make it
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More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on potato and poppy seed.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from East India.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
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