Dim Posto Bengali Egg Curry With Poppy Seeds
Egg-based curry from West Bengal. Made with potatoes, eggs, onion. About 420 calories per serving.
Ingredients
Main
- Ginger — 1 piece (chopped)
- Eggs — 4 piece (whole)
- green chillies — 2 piece (chopped)
- Garlic — 4 piece (chopped)
- onion — 1 piece (chopped)
- Poppy Seeds (Gasagase) — 0.25 cup (ground)
- Mustard Oil — 0.5 cup (whole)
- Potato — 300 g (chopped)
- salt (optional) (whole)
- panch phoran masala — 1 tsp (ground)
- Turmeric Powder — 0.5 tsp (ground)
- sugar (optional) — 1 tsp (whole)
- bay leaf — 1 piece (whole)
Tempering
- dry red chillies — 1 piece (whole)
Method
- To begin making Dim Posto Recipe - Bengali Egg Curry, first we need to hard boil the eggs.
- Add salt or baking soda while boiling the egg it will prevent egg from breaking.
- This will take 10 to 15 minutes.Make a paste of the onions, ginger, garlic, green chillies and keep aside.Make the paste of the poppy seeds by adding a little water and keep aside.After its done, put the eggs in cold water and cool down.
- Peel those eggs and rub some salt over it.
- Also rub some salt on the peeled and sliced potatoes.Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a heavy bottomed pan.
- Add eggs and fry till it turns light brown in colour.
- Take out and drain in a kitchen towel.In same oil, add diced potatoes, sprinkle some salt and fry them until golden brown and crisp on low heat.
- Take the potatoes out and keep aside.Add some more oil into the same pan, add dry red chili and bay leaf.
- Cook for about 15 seconds.
- After 15 seconds, add the onion ginger garlic green chilli paste.
- Let it cook for 2 to 3 minutes until the raw smell from the onions go away.
- Stir in the turmeric powder and panch phoran into the onion paste and saute for a couple of more minutes.After 2 to 3 minutes, tomato puree, salt and sugar.
- Saute for a couple of minutes and then add the poppy seed paste and the fried eggs.
- Simmer the Dim Posto Recipe for a good 4 to 5 minutes until it forms a good masala.
- Adjust the consistency of the Dim Poshto by adding 1/2 cup of water or more.
- Check the salt and spices and adjust according to taste.
- Once done, turn off the heat and transfer the Dim Posto Recipe into a serving bowl and serve hot.Serve Dim Posto Recipe - Bengali Egg Curry along with Steamed Rice and Satvik Carrot Sprout Salad for an everyday meal.
Common questions
- How many calories in one plate of Dim Posto Bengali Egg Curry With Poppy Seeds?
- 329 kcal per plate.
- How much cooking time?
- 65 min — 30 min prep, 35 min cooking.