Chicken in Poppy Seed Paste(Chicken Posto)

Chicken Posto

Recently when I went to my sister's place for Bhai Phota, I was treated to a home made lip smacking Chicken Kosha. I had especially told them to prepare a light and home made dinner since I was supposed to reach their home after work.We had a superb dinner that day and while returning home, the taste of
the Chicken Kosha lingered on.It was prepared with Home made Bata Masala(Spice paste). The right amounts of Red Chilli paste, Cumin seed paste,ginger, garlic and bits of slit green chilli made it a true delight.The gravy was thick and perfectly balanced to go with the steamed rice and it very well completed the meal.While I was returning back home I had firmly decided to give this menu my own touch.
I used the same ingredients with the addition of brown onions,whole garam masala and poppy seed paste to transfer the conventional home made Chicken Kosha into a restaurant-ish dish.Be warned!

This is a hot and spicy dish.

Serves: 3

Preparation Time: 30 mins
Marination: 2 hr.
Cooking Time: 1 hr.

Ingredients:

• Chicken - 800 gms.On the bone, cut into big pieces.I cut the 800 gms into 6 pieces.
• Vegetable Oil - 2 tsp for frying the onion slices. 4 tbsp for the curry.
• Melted Ghee - 1 tbsp.
• Onion - 300 gms.Cut into small slices.Then fried in the vegetable oil until they turn brown.
• Ginger - One 1 inch piece.Made into a fine paste.
• Garlic - One.Made into a fine paste.
• Tomato - 200 gms.Made into a fine paste.
• Green Chilli - 5-6.Cut into fine pieces.
• Salt - To taste.

Powdered/Paste Spices:

• Turmeric Powder - 2 tbsp
• Cumin Seed Paste - 3.5 tbsp
• Dry Red Chilli Paste -2 tbsp
• Poppy Seed Paste - 5 tbsp.

Whole Spices:

• Bay Leaf - 2
• Green Cardamon - 4-5.Crushed.
• Black Cardamon - 2
• Shahi Jeera - 3 tsp
• Cinnamon Stick - 2 One inch piece.

Marination:

• Mix the following together and keep aside for 2 hours: Chicken,Brown Onion Paste,Ginger Paste,Garlic Paste,Tomato Paste,Green Chillies,Turmeric Powder,Cumin Seed Paste,Dry Red Chilli Paste,Poppy Seed Paste,Salt - to taste.

Cooking:

• Heat 4 tbsp of vegetable oil in a kadai and add the whole spices.
• Wait for the spices to sputter and release their aroma.
• In it, add the entire Chicken Marinade.
• Under medium heat, stir and roast the chicken pieces till oil starts separating from the mixture. This should require around 30 mins.
• Then add some amount of warm water and cook covered, stirring the chicken pieces occassionally so that the chicken does not stick to the bottom of the kadai.
• The chicken should be done by the end of 30 mins.
• Spread some melted ghee over the chicken to complete the dish.

Couldn't transfer the photo to the laptop yet.So, its coming soon.