Soya chunks Aloo Posto

Name: Soya chunks Aloo Posto
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 4 to 5 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 medium sized boiled potatoes peeled and cut into cubes; 1 cup soaked soya chunks; 5 tsp khus-khus; 1 small chopped onion; 1 chopped tomato; 2-3 slit green chillies; 1 bay leaf; 1 dried red chilli; Salt to taste; Half tsp sugar; Mustard oil; Half tsp kalounji; Lukewarm water as required for gravy

Sudeshna Rajib Das @cook_85882015

New Delhi

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Sudeshna Rajib Das @cook_85882015

New Delhi

#CA2025 #CookpadApron2025 #week8 #soyachunks #lightandloving #cookpadchallenge #cookpadcontest

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Ingredients

1 hour

4 to 5 people

1medium sized boiled potatoes peeled and cut into cubes
1 cupsoaked soya chunks
5 tspkhus-khus
1small chopped onion
1chopped tomato
2-3slit green chillies
1bay leaf
1dried red chilli
Salt to taste
Half tsp sugar
Mustard oil
Half tsp kalounji
Lukewarm water as required for gravy

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Steps

1 hour

1

First soak the khus-khus in little water for about an hour. Now add this into a grinding jar, add a piece of onion and a green chilli too, add some salt and grind them into a smooth, fine paste. Now keep this khus-khus mixture aside.
2

Now soak the soya chunks in hot water for about 2 hours. Then drain out the excess water by squeezing the soya chunks. Now keep them aside. Cut the boiled potato into pieces and add them too as shown below.
3

Now add some oil in a pan. When the oil becomes hot add the potato and soya chunks to it. Sprinkle some salt and shallow-fry them for about 2 to 3 minutes. Now keep this aside.
4

Now in the same pan, again add 4 tbsp of mustard oil. When the oil gets hot, add kalounji, bay leaf, dried red chilli. Let them splutter a while then add chopped tomatoes to it.
5

Let the tomato pieces become tender then add grated/chopped onion, slit green chillies. Sprinkle some salt and mix everything well. Now fry the masala until the tomato pieces becomes tender and the onion becomes translucent in colour.
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Now add the fried potatoes and soya chunks in it. Mix it well with the masala. Let everything fry for about 5 minutes.
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Then add the khus-khus I.e. posto mixture in it. Combine everything well. Again let it cook for about 5 minutes on low flame.
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Then add half a cup of lukewarm water, add some salt and sugar and mix everything well as shown below. Cover the pan and let it cook for about 5 to 7 minutes on a low flame.
9

Once the gravy thickens, switch off the flame. Finally add some mustard oil on top of it. Give it a mix and serve this with piping hot steamed rice. It is healthy yet delicious with very minimal oil and spices. It's an authentic Bengali delicacy.