Delicious Chicken Korma Recipe At Home

This delicious chicken korma served on special vacations, weddings as well as grand parties. Korma is a delicious gravy made with onion, tomato, coconut, some spices. This chicken korma is very delicious, creamy, and flavorful and it is very easy and quick to make with simple ingredients list which is easily available in any grocery shop. korma is a favorite recipe of my family and I make this recipe frequently and it is the perfect recipe for lunch and dinner.

What is korma?

Korma is a deliciously creamy, sweet, spicy, and flavorful gravy made with spices, onion, tomato, coconut curd. when the Mughals came to India then they brought this delicious recipe from central Asia. Vegetarian makes navratna veg korma where the variety of vegetable used to make the dish and opposite non-vegetarian make chicken korma. In this chicken, korma chicken is used as the main ingredient ( you can chicken tights,  chicken breast, or mix chicken). In this recipe, I have used chicken breast to make chicken korma. 

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How to make the recipe?

1. Firstly make the curd mixture and keep aside.
2. Then make onion, tomato, coconut and cashew nuts paste.
3. Make a spices powder.
4. After that heat, the pan and add s ginger garlic paste, spices powder and chicken ( chopped in bite-size) and mix.
5. Now add onion paste, curd mixture, salt (to taste) mix it well and cook it.
6. Your delicious chicken korma is ready to serve.

Can we freeze and reheat this recipe for the next day?

• Yes, absolutely we can store this recipe in the refrigerator for The next day and reheat this recipe and enjoy.

 Key Ingredients

Chicken: Chicken is the main ingredient of the recipe we can use chicken tights,  chicken breast or mix chicken to make korma

Spices: spices give a beautiful fragrance and flavorful taste to the recipe.

Curd: curd used to make recipe creamy and saucy.

Ingredients needed to make chicken korma recipe

• 250 gm boneless and skinless chicken breast ( cut into bite size).
• 2 tablespoon oil.
• 1 onion (sliced).
• 1 small tomato ( sliced).
• 1 small cup grated coconut.
• 1 tablespoon cashew nuts.
• 1 cup thick curd.
• ½ teaspoon turmeric powder.
• ½ Coriander powder.
• 2 teaspoon red chili powder.
• 1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste.

Spices to make a recipe

• 2 to 3 green cardamoms.
• 1 black cardamom.
• 4 to 5 black peppercorns.
• 1 stick cinnamon.
• 2 teaspoon sesame seeds.
• 2 to 3 bay leaves.

Step by step process to make chicken korma recipe

1. Firstly heat the pan add all whole spices and sauté it for 5 to 6 minutes.
2. After that remove the spices into the grinder and make a fine powder of spices and keep the spice powder aside.
3.  Heat same pan again and add some oil then add onion, tomato, grated coconut  and fry it for 3 to 4 minutes after that add cashew nuts and sauté it for minutes.
4.  Then switch off the flame remove the onion mixture in the grinder and make a fine paste.
5. Take curd and add turmeric powder, coriander powder and red chili powder mix it well and keep aside.
6. After that heat the Kadai and add cooking oil to it(heat the oil on low flame) once oil heated then add  ginger garlic paste and sauté it for second then immediately add chicken and cook it for 5 to 6 minutes ( stir continuously).
7. Then add spices powder and onion cashew mixture and mix it for a minute.
8. Now add curd mixture and salt to taste mix it well and add some water and cook it by covering lid until chicken is soft and juicy ( cook it on medium-high flame for 10 to 15 minutes).
9. Switch of the flame and  add freshly chopped coriander and mix it well and serve it with roti or plane rice.

Serving suggestions

• You can serve this creamy, spicy and flavorful korma with roti, naan, lachcha paratha or with steamed plain rice.