Recipe: Appetizing Chicken Korma

Chicken Korma.

You can have Chicken Korma using 20 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chicken Korma

1. Prepare of For marination.
2. Prepare 1/2 kg of chicken (bone-in).
3. You need 1/8-1/4 tsp of turmeric or haldi.
4. You need 3 tbsps of yogurt or curd.
5. Prepare 1 tbsp of ginger garlic paste (ground in equal quantities).
6. Prepare 3/4-1 tsp of garam masala (or korma masala).
7. It's 1-1 1/4 tsp of red chilli powder (less spicy variety, minimum ½ tsp).
8. Prepare to taste of Salt (I used ½ tsp sea salt).
9. It's of For chicken korma gravy.
10. You need 1 small of small bay leaf or tej patta.
11. Prepare 4 of cloves or laung.
12. It's 2 inch of cinnamon or dalchini.
13. You need 1 of cardamom or elaichi.
14. Prepare 1-2 of green chilies slit.
15. You need 1-1 1/4 cup of water for gravy.
16. You need to taste of salt for gravy as needed (I used about ½ tsp).
17. It's 1/2 tbsp of Coriander powder.
18. It's 1/4 tsp of red chilli powder (optional, for colour).
19. It's 1/2-3/4 tsp of garam masala.
20. Prepare 3 tbsps of coriander leaves or cilantro chopped.

Chicken Korma step by step

1. Marinate chicken with curd, ginger garlic paste, turmeric, salt, red chilli powder and garam masala. Chicken is marinated here just tenderise it.Cover this and set aside for 30 mins..
2. Heat a pan with oil and add cardamoms. Add sliced onions and fry them until golden brown. Add cashews and almonds. Cool these completely.Add the cooled onions and nuts to a blender jar. Next add yogurt as well.Make a smooth paste of these. Set it aside.
3. 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 chilli too.Add marinated chicken. Fry on a medium heat until the raw smell of ginger garlic paste goes away..
4. 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 chilli powder for colour.Cover and cook on a low flame until chicken is cooked to tender..
5. Cook further till the gravy reaches a desired consistency. Garnish with coriander leaves.Serve chicken korma with plain basmati rice, naan, roti or paratha..

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