Posto Boda (Toasted Chops of Poppy Seeds Paste)
Posto Bora / Posto Boda is another popular recipe in everyday Bengali Cuisine, made up of poppy seeds (posto / khuskhus) paste and eaten with rice and biuli dal (urad dal). This is a dry dish prepared either by deep frying or shallow toasting of the chops made up of poppy seeds paste.
Poppy Seeds are soaked in water and blended to form a coarse paste. This raw paste (known as Kancha Posto) is a dish by itself where you can mix chopped onions & green chillies with a little mustard oil.
Well here is the recipe for Posto Boda (I prepared through shallow frying / toasting method)
Ingredients:
- 1 cup poppy seeds / posto / khuskhus
- 2 small onions, finely chopped
- 1-2 green chilli, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp atta
- salt to taste
- mustard oil, to toast
Procedure:
Soak poppy seeds in hot water for 15-20 mins. Drain and grind in a blender (with a little amount of water) to form a coarse paste.
Add atta, finely chopped onions, green chilli to the poppy seeds paste and mix well. Heat oil in a kadhai. Add 2-3 drops of the hot oil in the poppy paste and mix well.
Take a small amount of the mixture, press with hand to form flat circular shaped balls.
Heat 1 tbsp oil in a flat non-stick tawa / pan. Reduce the flame, place the flat circular shaped balls on the heated tawa / pan and cook on medium heat.
Let the balls set on the tawa / pan. Flip to the other side, add 1 tsp of mustoil and ensure even toasting on both sides.
Serve hot with steaming rice and biuli dal (urad dal).
Very interesting recipe...poppy seeds puts me to sleep, guess I could plan this for dinner.
ReplyDeletegood one malini. will gv a try sometime..
ReplyDeletehavent heard Malini..would love to try this.
ReplyDeleteVery unique and interesting dish....will try this soon...Thanks for sharing
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