Chicken Korma

CHICKEN KORMA RECIPE

Chicken Korma recipe is a Muglai speciality. Chicken Korma Curry has pieces of boneless chicken cooked with almond sauce and spices and garnished with roasted almonds. Serves 2  Cooking time 30 mins

Ingredients:

400 grams chicken breasts, chopped in large pieces

1 tablespoon ground almonds

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

1 teaspoon garlic paste

2-3 oil or clarified butter (ghee)

1 medium onion chopped fine

1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder

150 ml curd (dahi)

2 green chilies 

4 pods cardamom 

3 cloves

2 medium sized cinnamon sticks

1 bay leaf

1/2 teaspoon garam masala

1 tablespoon chopped green coriander

1/2 tablespoon roasted chopped almonds

salt to taste

Directions:
Marinate the chicken pieces with lemon juice, pinch of salt, black pepper and garlic paste. Rub the mixture thoroughly to the pieces and keep it aside for 1/2 an hour.

In a heavy bottom pan, heat the oil/ghee and when it is medium hot add the chopped onions and turmeric.

Fry till the onions are light golden and then take them out and keep aside. Leave the oil behind for further use.

In a mixer make a fine paste of fried onions, curd, almonds, green chillies. Pour this mixture on the marinated chicken pieces.

Now reheat the oil in the pan on medium flame and then add cardammom, cloves, cinnamon and bay leaf. Stir them for 30 secs and then add the marinated chicken along with leftover paste.

Let the chicken cook on low flame while stirring occasionally till it boils. Then cover the pan with a lid and let it simmer till the chicken is cooked properly.
Finally add garam masala and chopped green coriander.

Add the salt according to taste and garnish with roasted almonds and some cream