About Chicken Korma Recipe | Mughlai Chicken Korma Recipe: Subbalakshmi Khan, a professional dancer cooks up a Mughlai chicken korma with generous amounts of spices and Indian flavors.

Korma is a gravy dish that is usually made with yogurt, lots of nuts, and spices. A Mughal-era original, Chicken Korma is the perfect dinner party dish that is easy, quick, and a no-fuss recipe. Ingredients of Chicken Korma Recipe: Chicken cooked in a host of spices such as cardamom, cloves, garlic, coriander, chili powder, ginger paste along with a mixture of fried onions and yogurt. Flavored with saffron, this chicken korma is the perfect dinner dish to cook tonight.

Ingredients of Chicken Korma

  • 1/2 Kg chicken1 cup oil
  • 2-3 tsp ghee
  • 8-10 Cardamoms
  • 6-7 Cloves
  • 2 tbsp garlic
  • 1 tbsp coriander powder
  • 1 tbsp chilito taste salt
  • 1 tsp ginger paste
  • 1 cup yogurt
  • 2 onions (fried, puree this with the yogurt), sliced
  • 1 tsp garam masala
  • Few strands of saffron (mixed in 3 tsp of water)for garnishing coriander leaves, chopped

How to Make Chicken Korma

Heat the vegetable oil into the pan, then put a dollop of ghee

  • Put cardamom, cloves, garlic and fry the mix properly.
  • Then add the chicken and let it cook for about 2-3 minutes.
  • Keep stirring it.
  • Once it becomes brown, add coriander and chili powder.
  • Add salt to taste.
  • Add ginger paste, mixture of fried onions and yogurt, let it cook for a minute.
  • Then put garam masala and saffron for flavor.
  • If the gravy is too thick add little bit of water before covering it. The masala should fuse well with the chicken.
  • Cover it and give it some time to cook on slow fire. Let it simmer for about 10-15 minutes.
  • Keep stirring occasionally.
  • Serve hot, garnished with coriander leaves.