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Chicken Korma Recipe
Description Chicken korma curry is a very popular Mughlai dish originating from North India. Its a mild creamy chicken dish served in most Indian restaurants. Chicken Korma is a popular curry dish in the west along with vindaloo and madras. This version of Chicken Korma recipe sometimes referred to as Kurma is prepared with yogurt, fresh spices, chicken and sometimes cream. There are many recipes on the web for Chicken Korma Curry but below is my favourite chicken korma recipe.
Ingredients
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Serves
4
# 1 medium-sized chicken
# 2 large onion
# 2 cloves garlic
# 1 small root of ginger
# 500g tomatoes
# 2 small dried red chillies
# 6 cloves
# 2 sticks cinnamon
# 2 cardamon pods
# oil
# 8 black peppercorns
# 4 pots yoghurt
# 1 teaspoon turmeric
# A pinch of saffron
# Salt
# 1 teaspoon blanched almonds
# 2 large onion
# 2 cloves garlic
# 1 small root of ginger
# 500g tomatoes
# 2 small dried red chillies
# 6 cloves
# 2 sticks cinnamon
# 2 cardamon pods
# oil
# 8 black peppercorns
# 4 pots yoghurt
# 1 teaspoon turmeric
# A pinch of saffron
# Salt
# 1 teaspoon blanched almonds
Methods/steps
- Take the skin off the chicken, bone and slice off flesh.
- Slice onions, garlic and ginger.
- Chop tomatoes and chillies.
- Brown cloves and cardamon in a little oil and add onions, pepper, garlic, ginger and chillies.
- Fry for 5 minutes.
- Add chicken and cook till its brown.
- Mix the saffron and turmeric into the yoghurt.
- Pour mixture into pan with tomatoes, cover and leave to simmer for about 45 minutes.
- Add almonds and cook over a low heat for 10 minutes.
Additional Tips
Serve with basmati rice or naan bread.
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