Lau Posto Recipe / Bottle Gourd Curry with poppy seeds paste
Lau Posto Recipe / Bottle Gourd Curry with poppy seeds paste is one of the Bengali comfort side dishes for lunch in prickly summer. The recipe is straightforward to prepare and of course, it’s healthy also, as there is no spice used; so very well one can include this recipe in his diet chart.
The types of equipment used for this recipe are
- Sil batta/ grinding stone/Blender; sil Nora/sil batta is essential equipment to grind the poppy seeds, as they are not blended properly in a blender(if you don’t have then use a blender)
- Small bowls
- Knife
- Kadai with lid
The ingredients required for this recipe are
- Posto/ poppy seeds
- Bottle gourd: Use fresh green bottle gourd
- Cooking oil: It must be mustard oil; otherwise you won’t get the required flavor
- Other than these we need fresh red chili, green chili, chopped coriander leaves, and salt
How to make Lau Posto Recipe / Bottle Gourd Curry with poppy seeds paste
Put posto/ poppy seeds in the sil, sprinkle a little water over it and grind it, and make a smooth paste with the help of a sil batta/blender (if you use a blender, then soak the poppy seeds for 15- 20 minutes, before blending them)
Peel and cut the bottle gourd into very small pieces and keep them aside
Heat oil in a kadai and add 2 green chilies and one red chili
Add the bottle gourd, and stir them for a minute after adding salt
Cover the lid, and allow them to cook for 4-5 minutes on low –medium flame
Open the cover add the poppy seed paste and mix them well
Turn off the flame; add silted green chili and serve with rice
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- How To Make Ilish Posto
- Posto Diye Amrar Chatni
- Posto Diye Bata Macher Recipe
- How to make rui macher shorshe posto jhal
- How to make postor borar jhaler jhol
- How to make simplest postor bora/poppy seed fritters
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Lau Posto Recipe
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- Spatula
- A kadai or a fry pan
- blender
- knife
Ingredients
- 1 Kg Bottle-gourd/lau
- 3 tbsp Poppyseeds/posto/khaskhas
- 1.5 tbsp Mustard oil
- 2 tbsp Chopped coriander leaves
- 4 green chili
- 1 whole red chili
- salt
Instructions
- Put posto/ poppy seeds in the sil and sprinkle little water over it and grindit and make a smooth paste with the help of a sil batta/blender (if you use ablender, then soak the poppy seeds for 15- 20 minutes, before blending them)
- Peel and cut the bottle gourd into very small pieces and keep them aside
- Heat oil in a kadai ans add 2 green chili and one red chili
- Add the bottle gourd, and stir them for a minute after adding salt
- Cover the lid, and allow them to cook for 4-5 minutes on low –midium flame
- Open the cover and add the poppy seed paste and mix them well
- Turn off the flame; add silted green chili and serve with rice