Vegetarian Recipe
Begun Posto (Eggplant with Poppy seed)
Begun
Posto (Eggplant with Poppy seed)
Posto is a very famous and delicious
easy to make preparation of Bengali cuisine. Posto has different types of preparation.
Alu Posto is very famous but today I have come with very unique begun posto (eggplant
with poppy seed). Begun posto is very easy to make and it only take 15 minutes
to cook this beauty. Here eggplant is cooked in poppyseed and green chili
paste with a few spices.
Ingredients:
2 Eggplants/Aubergine
½ cup poppy seed/posto
4-5 green chilies
¼ tsp. turmeric powder
½ tsp red chili powder
½ tsp. kalonji/nigella seed
1 dry red chili
1 tsp. sugar
Salt to taste
Method:
1. Cut those
eggplants into small pieces. Then sprinkle some salt over it and let it sit for
15 minutes so that eggplants can release their water and they get cook fast.
2. Make a fine
and smooth paste of poppy seed and green chilies.
3. Heat some
mustard oil and temper with nigella seed and dry red chili. Let it splutter for
some time.
4. Add
eggplant pieces and salt. Sauté it for some time.
5. Add
turmeric powder and red chili powder. Mix it.
6. Sprinkle
some water and cover and cook for 4-5 minutes.
7. Add
posto/poppy seed paste. Mix it together.
8. Add some
water and cover and cook for 4 minutes.
9. Finish it
off with some ghee/clarified butter.
10.
Serve with some boiled rice.
0 comments: