!! Fried Onion Posto !!

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here’s another recipe for u..This is also a very easy to make recipe..another one from My “ Chot-Jaldi “ recipes. Each & every bengali  houses cook  ‘posto’.. My grand ma used to say that  posto or poppy seed is a great ingredient that goes well with almost every vegetables such as potato, onion,  all kinds of gourds etc and some some non-veg too. Here I tried to give you a delicious traditional Bengali starter item ‘fried onion posto’. According to me, in bengali we can use this item as “prothom paater khabar”.
Here goes the secret…Fried Onion Posto  or  “Pniyaj posto”.

Ingredients

 4 red onions - chopped in Julian shapes   , paste of poppy seeds, green chilies split from middle, mustard oil, salt & sugar.

Make it

1) Heat mustard oil and a green chili in a frying skillet.

2) As the oil gets heated up add the chopped onions to it. Fry till they are golden brown. Sprinkle salt from top so that the onion get soften.

3) When the onions are golden brown add 3 tsp of poppy seeds paste and blend well with the fried onions.

4) Add salt & sugar to taste.  (This recipe takes a sweeter taste).  Sprinkle   water from top and continue frying in medium heat.

5) As the oil starts leaving the mixture turn off the gas & serve   with hot steamed rice.