Posto chicken...hmmm???

After the success of chicken Pratima last week i took the venture of cooking one more dish. It's posto chicken. Chicken with poppy seeds. It was a semi gravy dish with posto as its main ingredient. Since i'm much more into spicy,oily foods i will rate it as 7.2/10.  But user customer rating says 8-9/10. so it was a pretty good trial...but the cook is not all that much satisfied. Try it out for yourself.

Ingredients:

Chicken - 250-300 g, cut to small pieces

Onion - 1 medium, sliced

Ginger - 1 tsp, grated

Garlic - 1 tsp, grated

Turmeric - 1/4 tsp

Red Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp

Poppy seeds/posto - 1 and 1/2 tbsp

Cinnamon/Dalchini - 1 inch

Green cardamom/elaichi - 2

Cloves/Lobongo - 4

Coriander leaves/Cilantro - 2 tbsp, very finely chopped

Green Chilly - 3-4

Salt - To taste

Oil - 3 tbsp

Preparation:

Grind poppy seeds with little water, salt, green chillies. If in the US, soak poppy seeds in warm water for easy grinding for as long as possible.

Dry grind cardamom, cinnamon, and cloves into a coarse powder (use a coffee grinder if available).

Cooking procedure:

 Heat oil in a kadhai. Add onions and fry for 2 mins.

 Add ginger and garlic paste and continue to fry for another 2 mins on medium high heat. Add turmeric + red chilli powder and fry for 1 minute or till oil separates. 

Add chicken and fry for 2 mins on medium heat. Then add garam masala powder  posto/poppy seed paste. Mix well and fry for 5 minutes. 

 Add 1/2 cup warm water and bring to boil. 

Cover and cook on medium low heat for 7-8 minutes or until chicken is cooked.

Garnish with chopped cilantro.