Unique and delicious chicken korma with the tangy flavour of fried onions.
Ingredients
For Marination
- 1/2 kg chicken
- 4 tbsp yogurt
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
- 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- salt to taste
To Make Paste
- 2 tbsp oil/ghee
- 2 green cardamoms (choti elaichi)
- 1 cup onions, sliced
- 6-8 cashews
- 4 almonds
- 4 tbsp yogurt
For Chicken Korma Gravy
- 1 bayleaf (tejpatta)
- 5 cloves
- 2 pieces of cinnamon of 1 inch each
- 2 green chillies, slit
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp coriander (dhaniya) powder
- 1/4 tsp red chilli powder
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves, chopped
- salt to taste
Preparation steps Marination for Chicken Korma recipe
- Take a deep bowl and add yogurt, ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder,salt,red chilli powder and garam masala. Mix these well.
- Add the chicken pieces in the masala and mix again so that the pieces are evenly covered with masala.
- Cover and keep aside.
How to Make Onion paste for Chicken Korma recipe
- Put the pan on low flame and heat. Add 2 tbsp oil and 2 cardamoms.
- Add sliced onions and saute them until they turn golden brown.
- Add almonds and cashews. Let them cool.
- Put the cooled onions, almonds and cashews in a grinder. Add yogurt and blend to make a paste. Keep aside.
How To Cook Chicken Korma
- Add 1 tsp oil in a pan and heat on a low flame. Add bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves and cardamom and saute for 1 minute.
- Add green chillies and marinated chicken pieces. Pu the flame to medium to cook chicken.
- Add curd-onion paste and 1 cup water in the pan and mix well.
- Add coriander powder, garam masala, salt and mix well.
- Cover the pan and cook on low flame until chicken is cooked.Check the gravy for desired consistency.
- Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.
Important: Instead of cashews and almonds, you can use poppy seeds as well.
