Pointed Gourd Onion Poppy Seeds Curry/ Potol Pyaj Posto

Name: Pointed Gourd Onion Poppy Seeds Curry/ Potol Pyaj Posto
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 4 pointed Gourd; 2 medium size onion chopped; 1/8 tsp Nigella seeds; 2 tbsp mustard oil; 1/4 cup poppy seeds; 3-4 green chillies; 1 pinch turmeric powder; 1/4 tbsp salt or to taste; 1/4 cup water

Amrita Chakroborty @amrita_95

Surat

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I prepared bengali potol pyaj posto, in a different way.

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I prepared bengali potol pyaj posto, in a different way.

Amrita Chakroborty @amrita_95

Surat

#CA2025
#CookpadApron2025

I prepared bengali potol pyaj posto, in a different way.

#CA2025
#CookpadApron2025

I prepared bengali potol pyaj posto, in a different way.

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Ingredients

30 minutes

4 people

4pointed Gourd
2medium size onion chopped
1/8 tspNigella seeds
2 tbspmustard oil
1/4 cuppoppy seeds
3-4green chillies
1 pinchturmeric powder
1/4 tbspsalt or to taste
1/4 cupwater

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Steps

30 minutes

1

In a mixture grinder jar add poppy seeds and 2 -3 green chillies and make a paste. Peel of the pointed gourds and chopped them.
2

Heat a kadai pour mustard oil. When oil becomes medium hot add Nigella seeds and saute for 1 second, then add chopped pointed gourds and onion. Add salt, turmeric powder and fry them until they are golden brown and soft.
3

Then add poppy seeds paste and saute for 2-3mintues. Then add water and cover the kadai. After 3 minutes open the cover, or when the water totally absorbed and the poppy seeds curry becomes dry off the gas flame.