Indian Chicken Korma Mild

Ingredients

• 1kg chicken, jointed
• 2 onions, sliced
• 60g cashews, soaked
• 2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
• 5 cardamom pods
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 5 cloves
• 3 bay leaves
• 100g yoghurt
• 100ml double cream
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp garam masala
• Pinch saffron in 2 tbsp warm milk
• 5 tbsp ghee
• Salt
• Coriander, fried onion to top

Instructions

1. Fry onions in ghee until deep golden; cool; blend with cashews to a paste.
2. In the same ghee, fry whole spices.
3. Add chicken; brown.
4. Add ginger-garlic and ground spices.
5. Add yoghurt; cook on low until oil separates.
6. Add the onion-cashew paste and 200ml water.
7. Simmer covered 25 min until tender.
8. Stir in cream, garam masala and saffron milk.
9. Top with coriander and fried onion.

Serving suggestions

• Eat with naan or basmati rice.

Storage & reheating

Keeps 4 days.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is not yet available for this recipe. Values vary with portion size and exact ingredients — we will add verified figures here soon.

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