Chicken Korma

Name: Chicken Korma
Total time: 4800 s
Yield: Serves 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 3/4 lbs chicken (800 grams); 5 onions (1 finely chopped, 4 sliced for birista); 10 garlic cloves; 5 green chilies, finely chopped; 4 cloves; 2 green cardamoms; 1 black cardamom; 1 piece cinnamon, 1 teaspoon red chili powder; 1 teaspoon cumin seeds, 1/2 teaspoon black cumin seeds; Salt to taste; 20 cashews; 1 cup heavy cream (240 ml); 1 cup plain yogurt (240 ml); Paste of 2 tomatoes; For marinating the chicken:; 1 tablespoon ginger-garlic paste; 2 teaspoons red chili powder; 1 teaspoon turmeric powder; 1 tablespoon yogurt (15 ml), juice of 1/2 lemon; 2 teaspoons salt; 1 cup mustard oil (240 ml); 1 teaspoon garam masala powder; 1 tablespoon coriander powder; 1 teaspoon Kashmiri chili powder

Ajita Srivastava @cook_29174649

Deoria, Uttar Pradesh

This dish was my dad's favorite. He loved non-vegetarian food, though he enjoyed many vegetarian dishes too, but non-veg was always his top choice. My dad is no longer with us, but I make his favorite dish and remember him.

Ajita Srivastava @cook_29174649

Deoria, Uttar Pradesh

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Ingredients

1 hour 20 minutes

Serves 4 servings

1 3/4 lbschicken (800 grams)
5onions (1 finely chopped, 4 sliced for birista)
10garlic cloves
5green chilies, finely chopped
4cloves
2green cardamoms
1black cardamom
1 piececinnamon, 1 teaspoon red chili powder
1 teaspooncumin seeds, 1/2 teaspoon black cumin seeds
Salt to taste
20cashews
1 cupheavy cream (240 ml)
1 cupplain yogurt (240 ml)
Paste of 2 tomatoes
For marinating the chicken:
1 tablespoonginger-garlic paste
2 teaspoonsred chili powder
1 teaspoonturmeric powder
1 tablespoonyogurt (15 ml), juice of 1/2 lemon
2 teaspoonssalt
1 cupmustard oil (240 ml)
1 teaspoongaram masala powder
1 tablespooncoriander powder
1 teaspoonKashmiri chili powder

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Steps

1 hour 20 minutes

1

Wash the chicken thoroughly and drain the water. For marination, add ginger-garlic paste, yogurt, lemon juice, red chili powder, and turmeric powder. Mix well and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
2

Fry the sliced onions until golden brown to make birista.
3

Remove the fried onions to a plate and let them cool. Once cooled, blend them into a paste.
4

Blend the tomatoes into a paste. Also, blend the cashews and garlic together.
5

Take the marinated chicken out of the fridge and fry it on high heat.
6

In the same pan, add more oil if needed. Add the finely chopped onion and fry until golden. Add the whole spices, and once the onions are fried, add the cashew-garlic paste and tomato paste. Add all the dry spices and fry.
7

Add the fried onion paste to the masala and sauté. Lower the heat, whisk the yogurt and add it in. Cook the masala well and add garam masala powder.
8

Add the fried chicken and stir. Add 1 cup water, then whisk and add the heavy cream.
9

Mix everything well, add salt, cook for 1 minute, then turn off the heat. Add chopped cilantro.
10

Delicious Chicken Korma is ready. Serve in a bowl with chapati or rice.