Tyangra Posto | Tyangra fish cooked in Poppy Seed Paste
Nowadays , the posto or poppyseed has become so costly that before deciding on the menu, it requires a serious thought whether to use poppy seed in any of the dishes. Last night, when I…
Patol or Patal Posto
Prepared this quitential bengali dish Patol or Patal Posto for the last time this season before patal or parwal disappears from the market. Now, no introduction is required for this dish which is ever popular…
Pui Pata r Bora – Malabar spinach fritters
Trying my green thumb for some days now and this pui pata or malabar spinach is the outcome of one of my spree to put kitchen waste into a pot. After eating the leaves, instead…
Chingri Posto 2 / prawn cooked with poppy seed
This Chingri Posto recipe is a quick and flavorful recipe with minimal ingredients when you have very little time. Just chop some potato and onion roughly, grind some posto with green chili, and you are…
Dim posto or Egg in poppy seed gravy
Made this Dim Posto or eggs cooked in a spicy poppy seed paste few days back as a side dish to keema pulao and it was a perfect pairing. Now, there is no point explaining…
Patal chingri posto
Hubby could manage some small prawns, which prompted me immediately to make this patal chingri posto or parwal prawn curry with poppy seed paste. Those staying in my locality knows how difficult it is to…
Parsey Posto
We bengali love our posto and it can be in any form. Be it in its raw form, that is our famous kancha posto bata or the basic aloo posto and jhinge posto extended it…
Aloo Begun Posto
Sometimes a very basic recipe wins the heart and this aloo begun posto is no exception. Cooked in a normal aloo posto way however, I have one lonely brinjal sitting in my fridge and decided…
Narkol Posto Chingri
This dish is a combination of two of the Bengali delicacies, prawn and posto or poppy seed paste. The gravy is made using onions and desiccated coconut, then it was given a nutty flavor with…
Peyaz Tomato Posto – Onion Tomato Poppyseed Bharta
A typical Bengali delicacy where poppy seed paste is cooked with chopped onion, tomato and green chilli. Simple to cook but so tasty, I can polish off a full plate of rice with just this. …