Aloo Poshto

About Aloo Poshto

Ingredients

• Medium potatoes, peeled 5 to 6
• Poppy seeds (khuskhus / poshto) 4 tbsps
• Mustard oil 3 tbsps
• Onion seeds (kalonji) ½ tsp
• Salt to taste
• Green chillies, slit 2
• Pure ghee 1 tbsp

How to Make Aloo Poshto (Stepwise Photos)

Method

1. Cut the potatoes into one-inch pieces and soak them in water in a large bowl. Soak poppy seeds in one cup warm water in another bowl for 15-20 minutes.
2. Drain and grind poppy seeds to a fine paste.
3. Heat mustard oil in a non-stick pan till it begins to smoke. Take the pan off heat and let the oil cool. Heat it again on medium heat and add onion seeds and saute till fragrant.
4. Add potatoes and saute on medium heat for around 5 minutes.
5. Add poppy seeds paste and mix. Add ½ cup water and cook on low heat till the potatoes are almost cooked.
6. Add salt and slit green chillies, mix and cook for 3-4 minutes or till the potatoes are completely done.
7. Transfer into a serving bowl, drizzle pure ghee on top and serve hot.

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Chef Shantanu Gupte

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Chaitrali Deshmukh

Thank you for the amazing instructions.

I have success w/ my dosa but does not last long stored in the refrigerator.

Maybe I am fermenting for too long, or add the salt before the rise?

I also was wondering if it is important to blend separately or can it be blended all together?

Reply

Chef Saransh Goila

Hi Chaitrali,
Yes, cut down the fermentation time and add salt only to the required portion at the time of making the dosa. Also storing in smaller containers just enough for a day helps. Once the batter in a larger container is disturbed (by stirring or scooping out a little etc), I feel it turns sour faster. You can blend them together if you want. But we do it separately because we want the dal batter to become fluffy and the rice batter slightly coarse. Fluffy dal batter makes the dosas light and coarse rice batter makes them extra crispy without making the dosas hard. Hope this helps