Egg in poppy seeds or khas khas and tomato gravy or dim posto.
A delicious and easy to make egg dish. Dim posto is a very common dish of Bengali household. You don’t need much spices to make it.
Make a paste of poppy seeds or khas khas, green chilli and tomato, you need only salt and turmeric to make this delicious curry. I have used little kashmiri red chilli powder to add some colour, you can omit it if you want. Or you can grind 1/4 to 1/2 cup fresh grated coconut with poppy seeds and tomato to make narkol posto dim or coconut poppy seeds eggs.
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10. Eggs with mustard and poppy seeds
11. Egg corn cottage cheese casserole
Sending this post to A to Z challenge, a challenge initiated on Facebook Group, created by Jolly and Vidya.
Wherein a group of bloggers come together and we choose key ingredients alphabetically to cook and post a dish every alternate month. This month’s Alphabet is letter E.
Sharing an easy and quick yet delicious egg dish for letter E.
I didn’t use onion but you can add 1 thinly sliced onion. Fry the onion slices before adding ground paste. Or you can make it with only poppy seeds, green chilli, salt and turmeric powder if you want. 1/4 teaspoon onion seeds or kalonji can be added in oil as tempering or tadka. Sometimes I make it in this way. And sometimes also add fresh coconut with poppy seeds Try these ways for a change.
Recipe
Egg – 3 – 4, hard boiled
Poppy seeds or khas khas – 4 tablespoon
Hot water – 1/4 cup
Tomato – 1 large
Green chilli – 2
Mustard oil – 2 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon
Dry red chilli – 1, optional
Turmeric powder – 1/2 teaspoon
Kashmiri red chilli powder – 1 teaspoon, optional
Salt to taste
Water – 1 cup
Method
1. Soak the poppy seeds or khas khas in 1/4 cup hot water for 1 hour.
2. Grind the soaked poppy seeds and green chilli. Add the tomato in the grinder and make a smooth paste of poppy seeds, green chilli and tomato.
3. Make some slits on hard boiled eggs with a knife and marinate with little salt and 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder.
4. Heat 2 tablespoon oil in a pan. Fry the eggs from all the sides till light brown and remove from oil.
5. In the same oil add dry red chilli and poppy seeds, green chilli and tomato paste.
6. Add 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder, kashmiri red chilli powder and saute till the mixture dried up completely.
7. Now add water and salt. Mix well.
8. When it starts to rolling boil slide the eggs. You can add 2 – 3 slit green chilli if you like your curry hot.
9. Cover and reduce the heat. Cook on low heat for 7 – 8 minutes.
10. Remove the cover and cook on high heat for 2 minutes or till you get the desired consistency of the gravy.
11. Add 1 teaspoon mustard oil for extra zing and mix well.
12. Remove from heat. Garnish with cilantro or coriander leaves. You can also garnish with slit green chilli.
Serve with steamed rice.
Notes
1. Thinly sliced onion can be added. Fry the onion slices before adding ground paste in the oil.
2. Tomato is optional. You can omit tomatoes and red chilli if you want. But with or without both taste great.
3. 1/4 teaspoon onion seeds or kalonji can be used for tempering or tadka.
4. You can also grind 1/4 to 1/2 fresh grated coconut with poppy seeds, green chilli and tomato to make narkol posto dim or coconut poppy seed eggs.
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Its so attractive.. Pics r very Beautiful. And you know, I love Eggs like heaven. Aloo Posto is every Bengali’s Favourite and this Dim posto.
Its Awesome.. I m going to try this tomorrow, I can’t wait more than this.
😁😁😁😁😁😁.. And it’s very simple.
Thank you so much.
Thank you so much Smriti. Now you have 3 type of dim posto recipe. Enjoy 😊
Love the orange colour of the gravy! I don’t eat much of eggs, but I’m pretty sure this would be a delicious treat for any egg-lover. 🙂 Great going, Sujata ji!
Thanks a lot dear 😊
Loved the recipe
Thank you so much Priyabrataa 😊
The gravy looks so delicious. I love it with parathas.
Thank you so much Shobha Keshwani 😊
I increased the quantity as per my family.😊. And everybody just loved it immensely. Simple Attractive Delicious.. With hot steamed Rice.
👌👌👌👍.
Thank you so much.. 🙏🙏
You are most welcome. Glad you liked it 😍
Lovely recipe, it looks so delicious! Perfect with some steamed rice, yum!
Thank you so much Freda 😊
Poppy seeds gives a nice and rich thickness and subtle flavors to any dish. This curry with eggs looks so nice.
Thank you so much Sapna 😊
Sujata, love the colour of the gravy, so vibrant. Love the ingredients that you’ve used to make the gravy. A lovely egg curry recipe and I would love to try it with coconut added to it.
Thanks a lot Mayuri. Yes I also make it with coconut sometime. Love both ways with or without coconut 😊
You have quite a collection of egg recipes! Will have to go through all of them 🙂 The curry looks so thick and vibrant. The poppy seeds really add a lot of texture to it!
Thanks a lot Ashima. Please do try and let me know how it turns out. I am sure you will love the taste 😊
Can guess the aroma of this lipsmacking gravy, just love poppy seeds addition in gravy. Dim posto is just irresistible and inviting.
Thanks a lot Priya 😊
Love the colour of the gravy very much and gravy looks rich and delicious.I too make this curry similar way only. Lovely share.
Thank you so much Pavani 😊
The gravy is so tempting, Sujata. I will love to try this recipe, but what vegetable can I use in the place of an egg?
Thanks a lot Seema. You can use potato, fried bhindi, cauliflower instead of the eggs. I have potatoes and cauliflower recipe with poppy seeds on my blog 😊
I wish my elder girl would eat eggs, I would have gone home and made this for dinner without the khus khus… I know it is an important part of this dish but we don’t get it here anywhere… 🙁 Love the color of the gravy, looks just too tempting…
Thanks a lot Rafeeda. Poppy seeds not available? Where do you live? You can try online 😊
I stay in UAE and here it is banned…
Oh and you know its a most favourite in Bengal.
This looks delicious and makes a good pair with chapati or phulka. I will put potatoes in the same gravy.
Thank you so much Jayashree. Yes you can also add potatoes. Sometimes I make it with only potatoes 😊
I love the nutty taste of poppy seeds in gravies . Your curry looks simply irresistible di ! Beautiful color is making it all the more desirable.
Thanks a lot Poonam 😊
You have a good egg recipe collection. We are egg eaters, but I love the gravy flavors. I might use potatoes for egg and try this recipe. Great pick for the alphabet!
Thanks a lot Sandhya. Yes you can also use potatoes. Please do try and let me know how it turns out 😊
Wow!! how vibrant and rich this egg curry looks. Gravy sounds so scrumptious and irresistible. Lovely recipe 🙂
Thanks a lot Geetha 😊
I have never tried egg with poppy seeds. This looks yum and a different selection for the letter e.
Thank you so much Renu 😊
I love posto and eggs but never ever though of making Dim Posto. Such a simple and flavourful way of enjoying eggs; and so different from the usual egg curries.
Thank you so much Aruna. Glad you liked it 😊
Poppy seeds in a curry lends both thickness and the nutty flavour. Would have really brought out the taste of the gravy with eggs. Loved it.
Thank you so much Vidya 😊
Absolutely irresistible, definitely a fingerlicking egg curry. My mouth is just watering here. What a fabulous colour and dish.
Thanks a lot Jolly 😍
Wow!! This is something I would love to make for my kids who love eggs!! The color and flavors look so perfect! Lovely share dear <3
Thanks a lot dear 😊
Love to use poppy seeds in any gravy dish to thicken and get a creamy texture. Love the presenattion here as well di
Thanks Sasmita 😍
I love gravies with poppy seeds. This egg curry look so tempting with a beautiful color!!This is one of my childhood favourite. Your pic is tempting me to cook this again soon.
Thanks a lot Swaty 😊
Love the recipe with the nutty flavour of the poppy seeds. Love the colour and lovely clicks too
Thanks a lot Veena 😊
Egg curry looks very much tempting…….I never tried it with poppy seeds……Got a new egg curry recipe and will give it a try soon…..
Thanks a lot Jayeeta. Do try and let me know how it turns out 😊
What an amazing recipe….never heard of it..it is looking so delicious..perfect with any bread or rice..always love the addition of poppy seeds in curries..awesome share 👌☺
Thank you so much Anshu 😊
Ahh! A classic bengali dish that I have eaten in my neighbour’s house as a child. Love the colour you got here Sujata. Looks yummy.
Thanks a lot Archana 😊