Chicken Korma

Chicken Korma

Ingredients:

Chicken – 750 gms

Curd – 4 tbsp

Finely sliced onion – 1 medium

Onion paste – 3 medium

Garlic  paste – 8 cloves

Ginger paste – 1 tsp

Cumin powder – 2 tsp

Coriander powder – 2 tsp

Black pepper powder – 2 tsp

Turmeric powder – 1 pinch

Kashmiri red chilli powder – 1 ½ tsp

Salt

Sugar

Garam masala powder – 1 tsp

Chopped coriander leaves – ½ cup

Ghee – 2 tsp

Rose water – few drops

White oil – 6 tbsp

Recipe:

Marinate the chicken with curd and one pinch of turmeric powder and keep aside for an hour.

Then heat oil in a pan and fry the sliced onion till golden brown. This is called beresta. Keep this aside.

Now add onion and garlic paste in the same oil and fry it till golden. Then add ginger paste and stir well. Add red chilli powder and  marinated chicken and mix well. Add sugar and stir continuously till the oil is separated from the spices. Now take a small bowl and mix cumin, coriander and black pepper powder with some water and make a paste. Then add it with the chicken. Mix it gently and add salt. Add little bit of water and cover the chicken with a lid till the chicken becomes soft. Now remove the cover and add chopped coriander leaves, garam masala powder and beresta (fried onion) and mix it. Now turn off the gas and put 2 tbsp ghee and few drops of rose water and cover it for 5 minutes. 

Serve hot chicken korma with paratha, naan, pulao etc whatever you feel like.