To serve 4 adults you need:
Ingredients:
Chicken - 1 kg
Onions - 250 gms or 3-4
Curd - 300 gms
Pure Ghee - 250 gms
Ginger Garlic paste (made by grinding equal portions and a little water) - 3 tbsp
Dhaniya Powder - 1 tbsp
Red Chilly Powder - 1-2 tbsp (depending on how spicy you want it to be :)
Dry Garam Masala (pieces):
Cumin (Jeera) Powder - 1 tsp
Bay Leaf (Tej Patta) - 1
Small Cardamom (Chotti Elaichi) - 3
Clove (Laung) - 6
Pepper (Kali Mirch) - 6 balls
Cinnamon - 1-inch piece
Cumin (Jeera) Powder - 1 tsp
Bay Leaf (Tej Patta) - 1
Small Cardamom (Chotti Elaichi) - 3
Clove (Laung) - 6
Pepper (Kali Mirch) - 6 balls
Cinnamon - 1-inch piece
For the Baghar or Tadka:
Nutmeg (Jaiphal) - 5 mm
Mace (Javitri) - 3 strands
Small Cardamom (Chotti Elaichi) - 5
Nutmeg (Jaiphal) - 5 mm
Mace (Javitri) - 3 strands
Small Cardamom (Chotti Elaichi) - 5
Tools:
Large Kadhai, Ladel, Grinder
The Burpy TODO:
- Put ghee into the kadhai and let it heat.
- Finely cut the onions either long or small and fry to a golden brown / or till crisp - Once done remove from the oil into a strainer to drain away excess oil.
- Grind the ginger and garlic into a paste. Add the dry Garam Masalas and 3 tbsp of the ginger-garlic paste into the hot ghee.
- Add the Dhaniya powder and red chillies to half the portion of curd and add this mix to the ghee and then you do the BHUNO routine (DESI TIP: Bhuno simply means intermittently stirring the dish carefully at high and low fire so that it does not burn at the bottom) till the oil leaves the sides.
- Now add the chicken pieces and do the BHUNO routine again for another several minutes till the oil leaves the sides!
- Now crush the browned onions with your hand and add it to the balance curd with some 1/2 tsp of garam masala and add this mixture to the chicken. Bhuno routine once again for about 5-10 mins
- Add water and salt to taste and then cook till the chicken is well done.
- Once the chicken is done give it a baghar (DESI TIP: Baghar or Tadka simply means adding spices to hot oil and letting it splutter before adding it to the dish being cooked) by throwing in 5 small elaichis, crushed jaiphal and javitri into hot ghee in a pan. Once it splutters add it to the curry and cover for a while to retain the flavor.
- Serve the chicken Korma with hot rice, Naan, or Fresh Bread