Easiest Way to Cook Appetizing Posto murgi

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Posto murgi. What is Posto Chicken or Posto Murgi. As the name suggests Posto Chicken or Posto Murgi is Chicken ( Murgi in the Bengali Language) slow cooked with a thick paste of Posto ( poppy seeds or khas khas). A generous amount of extra virgin mustrad oil & a lots of fresh green chilies goes in the dish of Posto Chicken.

Next add the ginger-garlic paste and the onions.

Cook till the onions turn light brown.

Saute for a few more minutes.

You can have Posto murgi using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Posto murgi

  1. Prepare 300 gm of chicken pieces.

  2. You need 4 tablespoons of poppy seeds paste.

  3. Prepare 1 teaspoon of green chilli paste.

  4. Prepare 2 tablespoons of mustard oil.

  5. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric powder.

  6. It’s 1 teaspoon of salt.

  7. Prepare 1 teaspoon of sugar.

  8. Prepare 1 teaspoon of red chilli powder.

  9. It’s 1 tablespoons of mustard paste.

  10. You need 1 teaspoon of cumin powder.

  11. Prepare 1 teaspoon of garam masala powder.

  12. It’s 1 of onion paste.

Posto Murgi or Chicken cooked in poppy seed paste is yet another chicken dish that you can make in a jiffy and best paired with hot steaming rice, pilaf or any kind of Indian bread that you fancy.

This dish is mildly spiced, creamy, rich and exotic in it's own way.

Posto murgi, that is posto chicken, is a Bengali twist on the basic chicken curry adding extra richness which takes it to a whole new level!

The creamy poppy seeds paste makes a perfect base for Indian curries!

Posto murgi step by step

  1. Heat oil in a pan add whole garam masala fry it 1 minutes then add onion paste and fry well..

  2. Now add the Chicken pieces and fry until the chicken change is colour..

  3. Now add the turmeric powder, red chilli powder, cumin powder and mix well..

  4. Now add mustard paste, chilli paste and poppy seeds paste and mix well until oil leaves the side of the pan..

  5. Now add 1 cup of water and add salt and sugar mix well and allow to cook chicken completely..

  6. Check the chicken pieces and sprinkle the garam masala powder and switch off the flame..

  7. Serve hot with rice..

Being a Bengali, this posto murgi should have appeared in my blog long back but I failed!

Posto Murgi / Chicken in a Poppy Seeds Curry is a lightly spiced very Bengali chicken curry.

With very simple ingredients.this chicken curry is definitely one of those to revoke your love for poppy seeds.

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