Hi Friends,
Today I am sharing with you a simple side dish recipe made with Flat Beans and Poppy seeds. It is a Bengali recipe, non-spicy and nutritious also. You need only few ingredients to make this awesome dish. It can be served as a side dish with rice/roti or paratha.
Cooking time – 25 minutes. Serve – 4
Ingredients –
1.Flat beans – 250 grams.
2.Poppy seeds – 30 grams.
3.Nigella seeds – 1/2 tsp.
4.Green chilly – 2.
5.Slit green chilly- 4
6.Salt to taste.
7. Sugar – 1/2 tsp.
8. Oil – 2 tbsp.
9. Ghee – 1/2 tsp.(optional)
Instructions –
Clean and wash the beans, keep aside. Using 1/2 cup of water grind poppy seeds and 2 green chilly into a paste, keep aside.
Heat oil in a frying pan,add kalojeera and fry for 30 seconds. Add the flat beans, fry for 2 to 3 minutes. Add poppy seeds paste, sugar, salt, slit green chilly and 1 cup of water ,mix well. Cover the pan and cook for 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in between. Uncover the pan, mix ghee and keep cooking till all the water evaporates.
Tasty and healthy Bengali dish—Seem Posto is ready. Serve with rice/roti/paratha.