Chicken korma recipe

Total Time

2 hr 30 min

Preparation Time

2 hr

Cooking Time

30 min

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Ingredients (6 Servings)

  • ½ kg chicken (bone-in)
  • 1/8 to ¼ tsp turmeric or haldi
  • 3 tbsps yogurt or curd
  • 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste (ground in equal quantities)
  • ¾ to 1 tsp garam masala or korma masala
  • 1 to 1 ¼ tsp red chili powder (less spicy variety, minimum ½ tsp)
  • Salt as needed (I used ½ tsp sea salt)
  • 1 ½ to 2 tbsp oil or ghee
  • 2 green cardamoms
  • 1 cup onions sliced
  • 6 Cashews
  • 4 almonds (optional)
  • 4 tbsps yogurt (or ¼ cup curd for paste)
  • For chicken korma gravy
  • 1 small bay leaf or tej patta
  • 4 cloves or laung
  • 2 inch cinnamon or dalchini
  • 1 cardamom or elaichi
  • 1 to 2 green chilies slit
  • 1 to 1 ¼ cup water for gravy
  • salt for gravy as needed (I used about ½ tsp)
  • ½ tbsp Coriander powder
  • ½ to ¾ tsp garam masala
  • ¼ tsp red chili powder (optional, for color)
  • 3 tbsps coriander leaves or cilantro chopped 

Directions

  •     Marinate chicken with yogurt, ginger garlic paste, turmeric, salt, red chili powder and garam masala. 
  •     Cover this and set aside.
  •     Make onion paste
  •     Heat a pan with oil and add cardamoms. Add sliced onions and fry them until golden brown. 
  •     Add cashews and almonds. Cool these completely. 
  •     Next, add the cooled onions and nuts to a blender jar along with yogurt.
  •     Make a smooth paste of these. Set it aside.
  •     To the same pan, add 1 tsp oil and heat it.
  •     Saute bay leaf, cinnamon stick, cloves and cardamom in oil for a min. Add green chili too.
  •     Add marinated chicken. Fry on medium heat until the raw smell of ginger garlic paste goes away.
  •     Then add the onion curd paste. Pour 1 cup water and mix well.
  •     Add salt, coriander powder, and garam masala. If desired you can also add chili powder for color.
  •     Cover and cook on a low flame until chicken is cooked to tender.
  •     Cook further till the gravy reaches the desired consistency.
  •     Garnish with coriander leaves.
  •     Serve chicken korma with plain basmati rice, naan, roti or paratha.

Nutrition

  • Calories: -400
  • Protein:-25g
  • Cholesterol:-239 mg
  • Carbohydrate:-25g
  • Fiber:-7g
  • Fat:-23g
  • Salt:-1g