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Kaju Posto Murgi (Chicken in cashew nuts and poppy seeds paste)

Firstly, I am extremely sorry for not being able to post regularly. Thanks to the severe stress that we research scholars have to bear. Trust me academia is no less than the industry or the corporate as you may like to tag it. We too have our own share of issues and get pretty much the same (if not more) workload like our industry counterparts. So I can attribute the delayed post to this I believe. Well, I will not rant about it anymore, as I am back with one super tasty recipe which is not a staple in Bengali households, but definitely a treat during some special occasions.  As you can see in the heading of this post, its a non vegetarian special that I would be talking about. I have not seen this dish anywhere in the country in any hotels or restaurants. Also, not many Bengali households will cook it. It is a very special dish and I really do not know the origin. I can make a wild guess if I am allowed to do so. Posto , or poppy seeds as we call it, is a ghoti (the people from W

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