As mentioned in the Book The Bori are prepared with a paste of Moth Beans. These decorated Pieces are created over a bed of Poppy Seed and that provides an amazing taste to Gohona Bori / Naksha Bori after frying. Taste wise much similar to normal Bengali Bori (vadi) but look wise completely out of the world Goina Bori(s) are prepared in various designs that include: different flowers, leaf, Elephant, Butterfly, fish and pattern of Jewellery. In fact, the word “Gohona” means Jewellery in Bengali.
Coming to my venture of creating Gohona Bori, I am not available with Moth Bean here in Gurgaon and hence I have used a paste of Vigna Mungo a.k.a Dhuli Urad a.k.a Kolai Daal to prepare the paste. Other than substituting the Daal I have followed the process as it is including making designs on a bed of Poppy seed and the sun drying those for around 2 days. I have made some basic designs since I am not at all prompt in making these Boris however, I found that my little knowledge of decorating cakes with frosting helped me a lot while making the patterns.
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Gohona Bori or Naksha Bori: A Rare Food Art from the State of West Bengal
- Total Time: 3 hours
- Yield: 20 Gohona Bori 1x
Description
Gohona Bori or Naksha Bori is a traditional Bengali Lentil dumpling mostly famous from Midnapur District. This is a famous food art.
Ingredients
Units
Scale
- Vigna Mungo/ Dhuli Urad Daal/ Kolai Daal: 2 cup
- Salt: 2 Tsp.
- Poppy Seed/ Posto/ Khuskhus: ⅔ cup
- Vegetable White Oil: 1 Tbsp.
- Vegetable White Oil: 1 Cup (for frying Bori)
- Piping bag: 2
Instructions
- Wash Daal thoroughly and then soak in plain water overnight or for 6-8 Hours.
- In the morning, strain water from soaked Daal completely and make a fine paste of Daal without using added Water. This step is very important as adding water will make a runny paste. Gohona Bori can’t be prepared with a Runny paste. I've used my food processor to make the paste.
- Now take Daal paste along with salt in a Big Bowl and start beating it using a spoon.
- Mix it until the mixture turns completely fluffy and light in texture.
- Pour little mixture into a bowl full of water to check whether the mixture is floating or not.
- If the mixture is not floating over the water then few more minutes of beating is required.
- It took me around 10 minutes of vigorous beating to make perfect Paste.
- I've used Normal Piping bags for creating the designs. Fill 2 piping Bags with the paste and tie the ends of the Bags.
- Take a flat steel Plate and rub some oil over the plate and then sprinkle Poppy Seed on the plate to create the Poppy Seed Bed.
- Now cut the cone (medium sized hole: ½ “) and start creating designs using the lentil paste on the plate.
- It is better to give sufficient space in between shapes.
- I've created 5 designs per plate. It took me 5 plates to create a design with the entire Daal Paste.
- Keep a piece of Cotton and a toothpick handy while creating the designs. Use those as and when required to make nominal modifications.
- Sun-dry those lentil paste patterns for around 2-3 days in the direct sun. It took me 2 days to dry my Gohona Bori completely.
- Gohona Bori can be stored in airtight containers and can be served after deep frying in oil along with Rice.
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 2 hours
- Cuisine: Bengali
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Gohona Bori is not only good accomplishment of a plate full of rice and a bowl of Bhaja Moong er Daal but is a unique and special option for a gift as well.
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