Posto Bora
I have been away from blogging for almost 2 months now. My apologies to all my readers. Though I always had a post in mind, I somehow couldnot manage to squeeze out time for the blog. However, this time out of sheer guilt, I forced myself to take out time and come up with this simple, quick and easy Posto Bora recipe.
Posto (Khus Khus in Hindi and Poppy Seeds in English) is an integral and popular ingredient in any Bengali kitchen. It is either used in gravies or as a main dish. Aloo Posto being the all time favourite, you will also see poppy seeds added to non vegetarian preparations sometimes.
Apart from its quality of adding flavour, poppy seeds are a great source of fatty acids, calcium and carbohydrates. It enhances enzymes too. Other not so known benefits of poppy seeds are:
Digestion: Poppy seeds are considered as useful remedies for facilitating effective process of digestion in human body.
Heart diseases: Poppy seeds contain linoleic acid, which protects the human body from heart attacks and other heart related disorders.
Breast Cancer:The oil that is made from poppy seeds, contain oleic acid, which is useful in treating breat cancer.
The Posto Bora recipe that I am sharing with you today is widely popular in bengali househods and restaurants. Good restaurants serving authentic bengali cuisine like Oh! Calcutta or 6, Ballygunge Place offer the perfect Posto Boras in the city.
With poppy seeds as the main ingredient, you won't need much of any other ingredient to prepare these poppy seeds tikkis. Tastes good when served with steamed rice, dal and fish curry.
Posto (Khus Khus in Hindi and Poppy Seeds in English) is an integral and popular ingredient in any Bengali kitchen. It is either used in gravies or as a main dish. Aloo Posto being the all time favourite, you will also see poppy seeds added to non vegetarian preparations sometimes.
Apart from its quality of adding flavour, poppy seeds are a great source of fatty acids, calcium and carbohydrates. It enhances enzymes too. Other not so known benefits of poppy seeds are:
Digestion: Poppy seeds are considered as useful remedies for facilitating effective process of digestion in human body.
Heart diseases: Poppy seeds contain linoleic acid, which protects the human body from heart attacks and other heart related disorders.
Breast Cancer:The oil that is made from poppy seeds, contain oleic acid, which is useful in treating breat cancer.
The Posto Bora recipe that I am sharing with you today is widely popular in bengali househods and restaurants. Good restaurants serving authentic bengali cuisine like Oh! Calcutta or 6, Ballygunge Place offer the perfect Posto Boras in the city.
With poppy seeds as the main ingredient, you won't need much of any other ingredient to prepare these poppy seeds tikkis. Tastes good when served with steamed rice, dal and fish curry.
Ingedients
Posto (Khus Khus/Poppy Seeds) - 1 cup (soaked for atleast 2 hours) and ground to a smooth thick paste
Onions - 1, finely chopped
Green chilles - 2-3, finely chopped
Red chilli powder - 1/4 tsp.
Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
Oil for frying
Salt as per taste
Onions - 1, finely chopped
Green chilles - 2-3, finely chopped
Red chilli powder - 1/4 tsp.
Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
Oil for frying
Salt as per taste
Preparation
- Mix all the above ingredients except oil.
- Shape the mixture into desired sized tikkis.
- Heat oil in a non-stick pan.
- Place the posto boras and let it change into brown colour. Then turn sides and let it brown. Sprinkle little oil when you flip sides.
- Serve hot.
23 Comments:
Hi Babe, gud to see U back..this looks yum..n interesting
That looks delish, Arundhuti!
I have never used poppy seeds. This looks really healthy n delicious.
hey this is something new for me but looks like perfect crispy tikkis
oh thats really sounding great..good to have you back!
This is new to me...will try it soon ! Thanks for posting.
Good to see you back:).The name sounded cute to me and thanks for letting us know that Posto was khus khus..I had no clue:).Have heard of Aloo posto but this ones new to me..looks delicious:)
nice to see you back! this looks yum, but I can never make this here as khus khus is banned in SG!!
That's an amazing snack looks so delicious. We too use a lot poppy seeds at home but here i don't get poppy seeds so i miss then in my cooking.
This is new to me and looks good, thanks for sharing!!
Wow arundhati first time here .. loved all ur dishes.. when i was browsing thru it many are different and interesting certain things i have bookmarked it too. WIll regulary keep visitin
that looks yum!
Happy to see you back......Oh wow posto bora looks drool worthy.....
A BIG thanks to all of you.
I missed blogging so much, and I shall be more regular in posting now, like before.
Welcome Arundhuti!!! and this is an amazing dish/ a come back dish though!!! looks very delicious!!!
diffrent one and looks yummy aru!
fabulous picture and a great recipe:)
Good to see you back, Arundhuti..tumi posto bara niye phirle........ekta tule nite ichcha karche...pic. is nice like always
first time here n loved your blog Arundhati........
i like posto in every form....n this posto bora looks yummy, the photo is so tempting.
Delicious looks dish. Loved the addition of poppy seeds.
Hey! Good to see you back! Always love posto bora ... I have posted it too ... long back. :-)
Keep posting regularly now. :-)
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Hi Arundhuti, First time here and have fallen in love with ur recipes, there's so much to learn especially the Bengali cuisine. My hubby S is a big fan of this cuisine, will visit often.
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