Posto is also called khus-khus or poppy seed . You all would know poppy seed but Bengali’s generally call it ‘posto’. Posto recipes are a integral part of a Bengali lunch. Aloo posto, jhinge posto, kopi posto are all so mouth watering dishes. I will post these posto recipes as well going forward. One day at a friend’s home we had Dim Posto (Egg posto, i.e. egg prepared in poppy seed paste). I liked it so much that I used the concept to cook chicken posto , which we may call posto chicken also.

Below I list the method I followed. Later I did a search on the net to see similar preparation of chicken with posto.

• Serves : 2
• Preparation Time : 10 min
• Cooking Time : 20 min

Cookware used :

1. Gas oven
2. Kadai or utensil with lid
3. Mixer

Ingredients :

1. Chicken (500 gms)
2. Onion (2 big sized)
3. Mustard oil (6 tablespoon)
4. Green Chilli (4 pieces)
5. Posto , also known as khus-khus or poppy seed – (6 tablespoon pasted)
6. Salt

Easy method to cook chicken in poppy seed paste :

1. Cut the onion in long, fine slices
2. Make a paste of poppy seed in the mixer. Use a bit of water as appropriate (Refer the quick tips section on how to make poppy seed paste)
3. Remove the stem and slit the chillies
4. Heat 4 tablespoon oil in a kadai or utensil with lid
5. Add the onion and fry till it turns brownish
6. Add chicken, green chillies and salt
7. Cook the chicken on low heat – stir the chicken occassionally and keep it covered
8. Cook till the chicken becomes soft
9. Now add the poppy seed paste
10. Sprinkle a bit of water (only if water has not come out of chicken while cooking). Remember this is a gravy preparation so do not pour too much water.
11. Add 2 table spoon mustard oil and stir well to mix
12. Serve hot with rice

Posted on February 7th, 2008 under Chicken, Lunch & Dinner. Tags: Chicken Recipe, poppy seed, Posto. RSS 2.0 feed. Leave a response, or trackback.