Awadhi Chicken Korma

Name: Awadhi Chicken Korma
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 400 gms chicken; 1 onion sliced finely; 1 tsp ginger paste; 1 tsp garlic paste; 2 tbsp curd; 2 tbsp malai / cream; 2 tbsp tomato puree; 1/2 tsp turmeric; 1 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder; 2 tbsp ghee; 2 tbsp refined oil; 10 cashewnuts/ almonds; 1 tbsp poppy seed; 1 tbsp crushed kasoori methi; 1 tbsp chopped pudina; 1 tbsp chopped coriander; 1 tsp kitchen king masala; 3-4 :cardamom; 1 small stick cinnamon; 4-5 cloves; 1 green chilli paste; 1/4 th cup warm milk; To taste salt; 1 tbsp kewra water

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Awadhi cuisine has it's origin in Lucknow,Uttarpradesh but highly influenced by mughlai cuisine. But Awadhi chicken korma is a bit different from mughlai chicken korma and the spices and nutty flavour makes it all the more authentic recipe which is enjoyed with naan or roti.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

400 gmschicken
1onion sliced finely
1 tspginger paste
1 tspgarlic paste
2 tbspcurd
2 tbspmalai / cream
2 tbsptomato puree
1/2 tspturmeric
1 tspkashmiri red chilli powder
2 tbspghee
2 tbsprefined oil
10cashewnuts/ almonds
1 tbsppoppy seed
1 tbspcrushed kasoori methi
1 tbspchopped pudina
1 tbspchopped coriander
1 tspkitchen king masala
3-4:cardamom
1small stick cinnamon
4-5cloves
1green chilli paste
1/4 th cup warm milk
To tastesalt
1 tbspkewra water

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Steps

1

Marinate chicken with salt and curd for an hour.Soak poppy seeds and cashewnuts in warm milk.Make a paste of it alongwith cream or malai and 1 green chilli.Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a wok and fry the onion golden brown.Cool and make a paste of it.
2

Shake the marinade from the chicken and fry in oil golden brown.Sprinkle half crushed whole garam masala and when they splutter,add the ground paste. Also add ginger garlic paste,tomato puree,chopped pudina (mint),kasoori methi, kitchen king masala,kashmiri lal mirch,turmeric and salt to taste.Toss all and add little water as needed as chicken releases water.
3

Cook on low flame till masala coats chicken.Sprinkle 1 tbsp ghee and garnish with chopped mint and coriander.