How much cooking time?

25 min — 15 min prep, 10 min cooking.

Posto Bora

Name: Posto Bora
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: West Bengal Indian
Ingredients: 2tbsp Coriander Leaves; 1cup Gram Flour; salt; 100g onion; 2tbsp Mustard Oil

Deep-fried poppy seed fritters. Ground posto paste mixed with onion and green chilli, shaped into balls and fried — a Bengali rainy day snack.

Time 25 min · Serves 5 · 160 kcal · Kolkata, West Bengal

Ingredients

Garnish

Coriander Leaves (optional) (garnish) — 2 tbsp (chopped)

Main

Gram Flour — 1 cup (ground)
salt (optional) (whole)
onion — 100 g (chopped)

Tempering

Mustard Oil — 2 tbsp (whole)

Method

Prepare the filling/mixture for Posto Bora. Chop or mash ingredients as needed.
Mix with spices, salt, and binding agent (besan/flour). Shape into desired form.
Heat oil in a deep kadhai on medium flame.
Fry in batches until golden brown and crispy. Drain on paper towels.
Serve hot with chutney.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Posto Bora?: 160 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 25 min — 15 min prep, 10 min cooking.

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