Bori
Sun-dried lentil dumplings fried until crispy. Bori is a Bengali pantry staple — made from ground biri dal paste, dried on rooftops, stored for months.
People also search this as bodi, dal bori, bori bhaja.
Ingredients
- Mustard Oil — 40 g
- Kalonji — 2 g
- salt — 4 g
- Water — 60 g
- Urad Dal — 250 g
Method
- Wash and soak urad dal for 6 hours.
- Drain and grind to a thick paste with very little water.
- Beat the paste by hand till light and fluffy.
- Mix in salt and kalonji.
- Drop small cones of paste on a greased plate or cloth.
- Dry in hot sun for 2 days till fully hard.
- Fry dried bori in mustard oil on low flame till golden.
- Drain and serve crisp with dal and rice.
Common questions
- How many calories in one plate of Bori?
- 205 kcal per plate.
- How much cooking time?
- 485 min — 480 min prep, 5 min cooking.