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Creamy Chicken Korma Recipe
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About Creamy Chicken Korma Recipe: One of those magical chicken curry recipe that fill up the maximum amount of anyone’s plate at a dinner party. It is rich, creamy, full of spices and a mouth watering flavour that begs to be soaked up along with a piece of fresh roti/naan. It’s much easier recipe to cook than you’d think, as long as you have a few basic Indian spices in your pantry.
- Total Cook Time 45 mins
- Prep Time 15 mins
- Cook Time 30 mins
- Recipe Servings2
- Difficult
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Ingredients of Creamy Chicken Korma
- 8 Almonds
- 8 Cashewnuts
- 1 tsp Chironjee
- 1 tsp Khus Khus
- 2 tsp Dessicated Coconut
- 4 tbsp Oil
- 2 Onion
- 1 cup Dahi
- 1 tbsp Ghee
- 10 Cardamom
- 7 Cloves
- 2 tsp Garlic
- 2 tsp Ginger
- 7 pieces Chicken
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
- 2 tsp Coriander Powder
- 1 tsp Garam Masala
- 1 tsp Saffron
- 1/2 cup Water
How to Make Creamy Chicken Korma
HideShow MediaPrepare korma paste:
1.
Take almonds, cashewnut, chironji and khus khus in a pan.![Creamy Chicken Korma Creamy Chicken Korma](https://food.ndtv.com/static/web/images/food-default-205x205.png)
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2.
Mix them well and add desiccated coconut to it.![Creamy Chicken Korma Creamy Chicken Korma](https://food.ndtv.com/static/web/images/food-default-205x205.png)
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3.
Grind the mix together.![Creamy Chicken Korma Creamy Chicken Korma](https://food.ndtv.com/static/web/images/food-default-205x205.png)
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4.
Take oil in a pan, add onion and saute it until golden brown.![Creamy Chicken Korma Creamy Chicken Korma](https://food.ndtv.com/static/web/images/food-default-205x205.png)
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5.
Add the onions to the nuts paste in the grinder and grind all the ingredients.![Creamy Chicken Korma Creamy Chicken Korma](https://food.ndtv.com/static/web/images/food-default-205x205.png)
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6.
Add curd to the paste and mix together.![Creamy Chicken Korma Creamy Chicken Korma](https://food.ndtv.com/static/web/images/food-default-205x205.png)
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7.
Take a pan and pour ghee in it. Add cardamom, cloves, garlic and ginger.![Creamy Chicken Korma Creamy Chicken Korma](https://food.ndtv.com/static/web/images/food-default-205x205.png)
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8.
Saute them well and add chicken pieces.![Creamy Chicken Korma Creamy Chicken Korma](https://food.ndtv.com/static/web/images/food-default-205x205.png)
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9.
Add salt, red chilli powder and coriander powder to the pan.![Creamy Chicken Korma Creamy Chicken Korma](https://food.ndtv.com/static/web/images/food-default-205x205.png)
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10.
Now add the Curd paste to the pan, mix it well.![Creamy Chicken Korma Creamy Chicken Korma](https://food.ndtv.com/static/web/images/food-default-205x205.png)
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11.
Add water to the pan to make a balanced consistency.
12.
Now put Garam masala and saffron, mix thoroughly.![Creamy Chicken Korma Creamy Chicken Korma](https://food.ndtv.com/static/web/images/food-default-205x205.png)
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13.
Add more water if needed and cover the pan for a while.![Creamy Chicken Korma Creamy Chicken Korma](https://food.ndtv.com/static/web/images/food-default-205x205.png)
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14.
Let it cook for 3-4 minutes.
15.
Serve hot with garnishing of your choice.![Creamy Chicken Korma Creamy Chicken Korma](https://food.ndtv.com/static/web/images/food-default-205x205.png)
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Recipe Notes
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