Janhi Aloo Posto /Ridge Gourd,Potato and Poppy seeds Curry

Janhi Aloo Posto/Ridge Gourd,potato and Poppy seeds curry

This Recipe is a very Popular Odisha dish(Janhi aloo posto) It can made without the potato also but Odisha people love potato .This Dish goes well with white rice as a side dishes,even you can eat it with Rotis too. so lets start....

Ingredients :-

• Janhi/Ridge Gourd - 2 Big Sized
• Potato - 1 medium Sized
• Onion - 1 medium sized
• Ginger - 1 small piece
• Garlic - 2-3 cloves(optional)
• Green chilies - 2 nobs
• Cumin seeds - 1 tbsp
• Poppy seeds - 2-3 tbsp
• Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tbsp (optional)
• Panch Foran - 1 tbsp
• Mustard Oil/vegetable oil - 3 tbsp
• Salt as per taste
• water

Lets do Preparation :-

• Peel the Ridge gourd properly and cut it into medium sized pieces and keep it aside.
• Peel and cut the Potato into very small pieces soak it into water and keep it aside
• Chopped onions finely,soak the poppy seeds in warm water for an hour.
• After an hour we will make  the masala paste for that in a blender and ginger,garlic,cumin seeds,green chilies ,soaked poppy seeds and blend it nicely to make a fine paste and keep it aside.

Lets Start Cooking :-

• In a pan add 2 tbsp of oil,once oil is hot add Panch Phoran into it.
• Once it start flutter,add chopped onions and saute it nicely till it became translucent.
• Now add the potato pieces,since it will take time to cook and fry it till it half done,then add the Janhi/Ridge gourd and stir and cook for 5 mints.
• Now add the Poppy seeds paste into it and mix it nicely,then add little Turmeric Powder and salt into it and cook nicely till the Masala raw smell go out it will take 7-8 mints.
• Once it done you can add around 1 cup of water and cook it on low flame until the curry formed a thick mixture.(Poppy seeds is used to  thicken the curry so if you think your curry became too thick add some more water.)
• Now your Janhi Aloo Posto /Ridge Gourd,Potato and  Poppy seeds Curry is ready to eat,serve hot as a Veg Side dishes and enjoy your food.