Alu Posto

Ingredients

500 gm potatoes - peeled and diced into 1 cm/1/2" cubes
½ cup mustard oil
1 tsp each, fennel seeds, mustard seeds, onion seeds
½ tsp fenugreek seeds
1 bay leaf
2 dried red peppers]
2 cups roughly chopped onions]
2 tsp chopped ginger] ground together
2 tsp chopped garlic]
½ tsp turmeric
2 tsp salt
½ cup poppy seeds, soaked in water and ground

Directions

Heat oil and fry potatoes over high heat, till a light brown. Lift with a slotted spoon, and keep aside.

In the remaining oil, add the fennel, mustard, fenugreek and onion seeds and the bay leaf and stir fry till the seeds splutter and add the ground paste, salt and turmeric and sauté till fat separates.

Add the poppy seed paste and the potatoes and sauté till the fat separates.

Add about 1 cup water, and bring to a boil and then simmer, stirring a few times, till the potatoes are cooked through and the water is dried out. The oil starts to float on top.

Serve hot, garnished with the green chillies.