Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Okra Alu Posto

Most of us know about the famous aloo posto, the popular Bengali potato dish prepared with potatoes along with poppy seeds, for a change i prepared the same alu posto along with few bhindi/okra or lady'sfinger, for my surprise this combo tastes marvellous and this posto gets ready quickly, also vanished within few minutes once i served along with rice..Poppy seeds grounded along with green chillies used to spice up this okra alu posto turned out this dish truly delicious, we enjoyed having this quick and delicious side dish today for our lunch...Sending to Flavors of Bengal guest hosted by Priya,event by Nayna..

Okra Alu Posto

1/4kg Okra/ Bhindi (chopped lengthwise)
2nos Potatoes (cubed)
4tbsp Poppyseeds
3nos Green chillies
1/2tsp Turmeric powder
Salt
2tbsp Oil

Grind the poppy seeds with green chillies as coarse paste, heat enough oil, fry the bhindis  along with salt and turmeric for few minutes,now add the cubed potatoes,cook everything again for few minutes, add the grounded paste to the veggies, mix well and cook until the veggies gets well coated with the poppyseeds paste,finally sprinkle some water and cook until the veggies get well cooked..

Serve hot with rice..

47 comments:

KrithisKitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Aloo okra combo is new to me... but it sounds great!!

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Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

That looks superb dear. Please do link it to Flavors of Bengal :)

Reshmi Mahesh said... Reply To This Comment

This looks very inviting..no wonder it vanished in minutes..

Mina Joshi said... Reply To This Comment

Great looking dish! Like the fact that you fried the okra first.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

love the combo.

aipi said... Reply To This Comment

The combo sounds delicious!
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Suman Singh said... Reply To This Comment

Yummy..Great flavor and delicious recipe!

Swathi said... Reply To This Comment

Aloo okra posto sounds delicious.

Raji said... Reply To This Comment

Very innovative combination priya..love this.

Sensible Vegetarian said... Reply To This Comment

This looks so delicious.

Vidhya said... Reply To This Comment

I too loved the combo.

Madhura Manoj said... Reply To This Comment

Looks so tempting & colourful.
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Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

I make aloo with orka all the time....but the masala sounds too good!
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Latha said... Reply To This Comment

Lovely combo and looks yummy!

GEETHA ACHAL said... Reply To This Comment

Love this combination...Thanks for sharing...

Binys Recipes said... Reply To This Comment

love the combo dear....great recipe dear

chow and chatter said... Reply To This Comment

lovely way to cook okra I just cooked some

Nandita SS said... Reply To This Comment

Yum yum yum!!! Loved the colours and the flavours of the curry :) Lovely recipe!!!

JishasKitchen said... Reply To This Comment

okra and potato, both r my favs....superb combo,,,!!

Uma said... Reply To This Comment

i love aloo bhindi.. would love to try with poppy seeds... nice!

Harini said... Reply To This Comment

Looks awesome..Never combined okra and alu...always feel that because of the okra the curry becomes sticky..but from the looks, it surely doesn't look anywhere like that:)

Pushpa said... Reply To This Comment

Nice combination posto looking delish.

Simply Life said... Reply To This Comment

my husband would love this!

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

What a yummy looking posto!!!-I make this south Indian style and we simply love it

Sravs said... Reply To This Comment

so delicious combo and perfect with rotis !!

Rani acharyulu said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious recipe looks so inviting.

Vimitha Durai said... Reply To This Comment

That can be made in a jiffy but sure would have tasted so very nice... Thanks for the recipe dear...

Elaichii said... Reply To This Comment

I've never tasted posto dish, looks so good!

Nandinis food said... Reply To This Comment

I always love the combo of aloo n okra. Poppy seeds give extra kick to this fry:)

Seema said... Reply To This Comment

Priya,

You can add ridge gourd cut into cubes, instead of Okra. It is called 'Jhinge Alu Posto' and its another classic Bengali dish. Try it, I'm sure you'll like it too. Okra Alut Posto has come out very well.

Regards,
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veena said... Reply To This Comment

wow!!lovely combo. love this

Elisabeth said... Reply To This Comment

The okra and potato combination sounds, and looks so delicious. Never would think of adding poppy seed to it. Genius!...Love it:DDD

Little Inbox said... Reply To This Comment

This dish is new to me, again, LOL!

Uma said... Reply To This Comment

lovely combo. looks delicious.

Sunanda said... Reply To This Comment

Aloo posto ahaa!! the name itself make me drool..

Kaveri Venkatesh said... Reply To This Comment

Lovely combo...looks yummy

Shama Nagarajan said... Reply To This Comment

yummy recipe...whenever your commect section is clicked,an ad page is opening....it makes the system slow...can u please check it out.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

This dish is my one of the most favorite dish. Okra aloo posto looks so tempting.

Gayathri Kumar said... Reply To This Comment

I love this combination..

Sweetartichoke said... Reply To This Comment

What a delicious version of aloo posto! it is a good idea to add okra :-)

sojo said... Reply To This Comment

This is one bengali dish I always prepare.... okra sounds a good idea coz I love okras... looks good...

Prathima Rao said... Reply To This Comment

Delightful combo!!! Bhindi is a nice addition..Perfect with rotis :)
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Jeyashris Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Adding poppy seeds will give a nice rich taste

Menaga Sathia said... Reply To This Comment

nice combo...thxs for sharing!!

Cham said... Reply To This Comment

I have cooked okra and aloo together but not in Bong way! This one should be delicious!

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Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

I trust ur verdict! shall try soon!