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  P osto  means 'alright', 'sorted', 'settled' in Italian. And hence this meaning for Posto is quite relatable to the enormous emotions of Bengali's in India.  Posto (bengali)  is the seeds of the poppy plant. This plant is often used to extract opium (prepared from juice of Poppy seeds,  used illicitly as a narcotic and occasionally in medicine as an analgesic (e.g. Morphine).  In Hindi, the seeds are called  khuskhus. This small seed makes the Bengali delicacies look wonderful and settled individuals heart to see it specially in lunch plates. Posto bata with mustard oil & green chilly Poppy Seed paste Being a Bengali my mother often give us with plain rice in an uncooked paste form in a mixture containing some green chilly paste, salt and mustard oil and it is called as Posto -Bata . The  posto-bora   or the shallow fried poppy paste pakoras made by preparing a thick batter by mixing poppy seed paste into gram flou...