Poppy Seeds

These come from the opium poppy in shades of white, black or blue. Please note that those used for culinary purposes have none of the alkaloids associated with the narcotic. I mainly use white poppy seeds in my cooking for a nutty flavour and texture. In Bengali cuisine these are called posto and get star treatment in many dishes. You’ll find them in my appropriately named opium chicken and also on my fried white poppy seed aubergine.