How to Make Appetizing Postor Bora

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Postor Bora. Postor Bora or Poppy Seed Fritter is a common Bengali munchie (fritter) prepared with a paste of Poppy seed. We serve it as part of our regular meal along with rice and Daal. However, Postor Bora goes amazingly as an evening snack with a hot cup of tea.

Postor Bora is an exemplary traditional Bengali food which is known for its extraordinary flavour and texture.

It is hugely popular among Bongs in West Bengal.

It is the amalgamation of poppy seeds paste, grated coconut, onions, green chillies and rice flour which are shallow fried as fritters in mustard oil.

You can have Postor Bora using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Postor Bora

  1. It’s of posto/poppy seeds.

  2. Prepare of turmeric powder.

  3. Prepare of salt.

  4. You need of sugar.

  5. Prepare of green chillies.

  6. Prepare of onion finely chopped.

  7. It’s of Mustard oil.

  8. Prepare of corn flour.

Postor bora (poppy seed fritters) - Reviews.

The daily meal of a Bengali (people who belong to West Bengal, India) is elaborate.

Gone are the days when having rice with five or six bowls of different vegetarian and non-vegetarian curries, five kinds of fritters (called […] T oday I'll share the recipe of Posto'r Bora but with an addition of another ingredient, which is also very beloved to bengalis, Coconut.

So, it is Narkel Postor Bora or Coconut Poppy seed fritter.

Postor Bora instructions

  1. Put all ingredients together in a mixing bowl.

  2. Put a pan on gas.

  3. Make semi round balls, coat some posto and flour on it and put it in to the pan.

  4. Fry until it looks crisp and golden..

  5. Now it is ready to serve..

The best combination to have these with hot rice and a lentil(dal) by the side.

But you can also enjoy only with warm rice, it is heaven on plate.

Postor bora served with gorom bhaat, kalai-er dal and Gondhoraj lebu make for a terrific combination.

For this Bengali posto recipe, take half a cup of white poppy seeds and grind to a smooth paste using very little water.

You can either grind poppy seeds in a mixie jar or use the traditional Sheel Nora (a flat stone slab).