Saturday, June 23, 2012

Posto Murgi/Chicken Gravy with Poppy Seeds

I was planning to make a different type of chicken gravy since a long,after making out of variety of dishes here comes a Bengali style chicken gravy. When i talked with one of my close friend from Pondicherry, she asked me to try out a Bengali chicken gravy called posto murgi she watched in a cookery show long back and she suggested me to give a try as she already prepared twice and its was a big hit at her place.. Immediately i took notes from her and tried out making them few days back at home. Oh god, she wasnt wrong, this posto murgi tastes simply awesome when served with a bowl of hot steaming rice.

Suits absolutely incredible even as side dish for rotis, we simply loved it. If you dont have Kashmiri red chilly powder, you can use usual red chilly powder in this gravy, anyhow adding Kashmiri red chilly powder gives a wonderful colour and mild spiciness to this delicious gravy.Sending to Divya's The Master Chef Contest.


1/2kg Chicken (cut as medium pieces)
1no Onion (large & chopped)
1tbsp Ginger garlic paste
1tsp Kashmiri red chilly powder
1tsp Garam masala powder
1/4tsp Turmeric powder
1tsp Lime juice
Salt
Oil
2nos Bayleaves
Chopped coriander leaves

To grind: 
2tbsp Poppy seeds (soaked in hot water)
3nos Green chillies

Marinate the chicken with garam masala powder,turmeric powder,salt and lime juice and keep aside for half an hour.

Heat enough oil, fry the bayleaves. Add immediately the chopped onions,ginger garlic paste and saute until the raw smells goes away.

Now add the marinated chicken, cook everything for few minutes. Meanwhile grind the soaked poppyseeds, green chilles as fine paste and keep aside.

Add the kashmiri red chilly powder, grounded poppy paste to the cooking chicken, cook everything for few minutes again.

Now add enough water and cook until the chicken gets well cooked and the gravy gets thicken.Serve hot with rice.

27 comments:

R.Punitha said... Reply To This Comment

Hi Priya ,

Loooooks YYuummYY and DElicious !!!

Week end Special ??!!

Keep on Priya:)

Sayantani Mahapatra Mudi said... Reply To This Comment

yes posto murgi is a fav at home too. your dish looks fantastic.

Angie's Recipes said... Reply To This Comment

I sure need one more bowl of rice to go with this delicious chicken!

Usha said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious chicken gravy!

Shobha said... Reply To This Comment

The chicken curry looks delicious..amazing lovely red colour makes it so tempting..

Spice up the Curry said... Reply To This Comment

vibrant looking curry.

Asiya Omar said... Reply To This Comment

ahhh..what a colour! looks simply superb.

Hamaree Rasoi said... Reply To This Comment

Lip smackingly and delicious looking posto murgi. Wonderful pics.

Deepa

fimere said... Reply To This Comment

c'est très appétissant, un vrai régal
bonne journée

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

nice click priya.. always rocking :)

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

wooow.....yummy and mouthwatering...Never tried chicken using poppy seeds...will try this way..

Faseela said... Reply To This Comment

wow.....great twist.......attractive curry.....

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Posto murgi looks rich and yummy.

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radha said... Reply To This Comment

Nice rich gravy. Have made alu posto and that was lovely.

Only Fish Recipes said... Reply To This Comment

hey dear !!the chicken curry looks great !!!specially love the gravy !!!

Mélange said... Reply To This Comment

Fresh and clean presentation..SO is tempting..

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Your chicken makes me hungry.But saturday,I cant try.wat to do.........pogai dhan pongo.

Shama Nagarajan said... Reply To This Comment

am coming down there for dinner....

Asiya @ Chocolate and Chillies said... Reply To This Comment

Wonderful dish...mouthwatering!

Nadji said... Reply To This Comment

C'est toujours très bon chez toi.
Un poulet au pavot: une 1ère pour moi et ça doit être délicieux.
A bientôt

Swathi said... Reply To This Comment

Chicken curry looks delicious awesome color.

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

Oh my goodness.... can I please have that!

Eat2live2travel said... Reply To This Comment

Yummy....you got a nice color...you can also try a thick posto gravy with potatoes( called Aloo-Posto in Bengal)or with okra (Bhindi-Posto), tastes awesome. Even many of the fish curries are also prepared using Posto...

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Pushpa said... Reply To This Comment

Looks delicious Priya.

Sangeetha M said... Reply To This Comment

wow...chicken gravy looks so cpicy n yummy...lovely preparation Priya! i too once tried poppy seeds gravy with potatoes n that was so yummy n flavorful...sure will try out soon with chicken too!!
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Nada said... Reply To This Comment

I'm seriously dying to get a proper curry these days..

Jaya M said... Reply To This Comment

Looks so delicious..hugs