Chicken Korma
Chicken Korma

Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, chicken korma. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Chicken korma recipe with video and step by step photos - Korma is a delicious gravy usually made with onions, spices, nuts, yogurt, seeds, coconut, vegetables or meat. It is rich, creamy, full of spices and flavor, and just begs to be soaked up by. This Chicken Korma recipe is well flavored and balanced, but it is less of a punch of flavor than my favorite Indian recipe, Butter Chicken.

Chicken Korma is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Chicken Korma is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook chicken korma using 31 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Korma:
  1. Get Chicken:
  2. Prepare 4 Pieces Boneless Chicken Thigh,
  3. Make ready Pinch Sea Salt,
  4. Get Pinch White Pepper,
  5. Take Pinch Dried Mushroom Powder,
  6. Get Onions:
  7. Prepare 1 Red Onion Thinly Sliced,
  8. Get Canola / Peanut / Vegetable Oil, For Frying
  9. Prepare 2 TBSP Corn Flour,
  10. Get Garlic Ginger Paste:
  11. Get 15 g Ginger,
  12. Make ready 15 g Garlic,
  13. Take 1 TSP Sea Salt,
  14. Get Chicken Korma:
  15. Make ready 15 g Ghee,
  16. Get 1 Black Cardamon,
  17. Get 3 Cloves,
  18. Make ready 3 Green Cardamon,
  19. Take 1 Cinnamon Stick,
  20. Prepare 3 Bay Leaves,
  21. Make ready 7 g Coriander Powder,
  22. Take 7 g Kashmiri Chili Powder,
  23. Make ready 8 g Demerara Sugar,
  24. Make ready 2 TSP Kewra Water,
  25. Take 225 g Greek Yogurt,
  26. Get 15 g Cashew Nuts Ground,
  27. Take Cream, 1/8 Cup Adjust To Preference
  28. Prepare 1/4 TSP Nutmeg Freshly Grated,
  29. Get 1/4 TSP Mace Powder,
  30. Get Almond Flakes, For Garnishing
  31. Get Fresh Coriander Coarsely Chopped, For Garnishing

Boneless chicken thighs are gently simmered in a rich, creamy sauce to create layers of sweet and spicy flavors. Chicken korma is the flagship of Indian korma curry that tastes heavenly. This recipe shows you how to cook authentic chicken How to cook chicken korma. Chicken korma is slightly seared before simmered with the sauce, which gives it more character.

Instructions to make Chicken Korma:
  1. Prepare the chicken. - - Coat the chicken well with salt, pepper and mushroom powder. - - I am leaving the skins on. You can remove the skins if desired.
  2. Transfer into a shallow bowl and cover with cling film. - - Set aside in the fridge until ready to use. - - Prepare the onions.
  3. In a skillet or pan over medium heat, add in about 2 inches of oil. - - To check the temperature of the oil, insert a wooden chopstick, if bubbles start forming, the oil is ready for frying. - - Toss the onion slices with corn flour.
  4. Make sure the onion is coated well. - - Gently drop into the oil and shallow fry. - - Once the onion starts to brown, remove from heat and drain the oil into a large bowl.
  5. Transfer the onion onto a chopping board. - - Chop the onion coarsely and set aside. - - Reserve the oil.
  6. Prepare the garlic ginger paste. - - Add ginger, garlic and salt into a mortar. - - Pound until smooth paste forms with a pestle.
  7. You can use a food processor if desire. I personally find that mortar and pestle are easier to wash.* - - Remove and set aside.
  8. Prepare the chicken korma. - - In a skillet or pan over medium heat, add ghee. - - Once the ghee is melted, add in the chicken skin side down. - - Sear the chicken until the skin is golden brown.
  9. Flip. Tilt the skillet and baste the chicken with all the liquid. - - Continue searing until bottom is golden brown as well. - - Remove from heat and set aside on a plate.
  10. Using the same skillet or pan, add in 30g of that reserved oil. - - Transfer the cardamon, cloves, cinnamon and bay leaves in a tea bag. - - Over medium heat, add in the tea bag spices.
  11. Saute until aromatic. - - Add in chili, coriander powder and sugar. - - Saute until toasty and the sugar has dissolved.
  12. Add in the garlic ginger paste, a pinch of white pepper and kewra water. - - Saute until well combined. - - Add in 2 TBSP of the whipped yogurt. - - Using a hand mixer, whip yogurt until light and creamy. Do not over whip.
  13. Stir vigorously until well combined. - - Keep adding yogurt, 2 TBSP at time, and stirring until you have about 1 TBSP of yogurt left. - - Reserve the remaining yogurt.
  14. At this stage, the oil should start separating from the spices. - - Add in the chicken skin side down. - - Stir lightly to coat the chicken.
  15. Turn the heat down to low and bring it to a slow simmer. - - Cover and cook for 20 mins. - - Stir occasionally to prevent burning. Flip the chicken at half way mark.
  16. Add the remaining yogurt, ground cashew, the fried onion, nutmeg and mace powder. - - To make ground cashew, simply, blitz cashew in a spice grinder until powder forms. - - Stir to combine well.
  17. Depending on your preference for consistency, add cream. - - Stir to combine well. - - You can add in almond flakes and coriander now. Give it a final stir. Taste and adjust for seasoning with salt. Serve as it is.
  18. If you would like the same as plated shown in the photos, taste and adjust for seasoning with salt. - - Give it a final stir. - - Dollop the sauce onto serve plates.
  19. Place the chicken thighs over the sauce. - - Garnish with almond flakes and coriander. - - Serve immediately.

And to top it off, korma sauce is richer, thanks to the blended nuts and added yogurt. Instant Pot + Slow Cooker Recipe. This Chicken Korma is a delicious Indian dish made with mildly spiced chicken that's been marinated in a homemade korma paste. It's so easy to make, luscious and creamy. My chicken korma recipe is derived from classic ingredients and spices from India, with chicken marinated in a homemade korma paste and yogurt, then cooked quickly and simmered with cream.

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