Shahi Chicken Korma

Ingredients

• 3 cups sliced Onions
• 3 Kashmiri Chillies
• Salt
• ½ cup Cashew nuts
• 1 cup hot milk here and two pinches of Saffron
• 1 cup of stirred Yogurt
• 2 Bay leaves
• 2, 1 inch sticks Cinnamon
• 3 black Cardamoms
• 7 green Cardamoms
• 10 Peppercorns
• 1 Star anise.
• 3 tbsps of Ginger & Garlic paste
• 1 tsp Cumin powder
• 1 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 tsp Chilli powder
• 1 tsp Coriander powder
• 2 cups Tomatoes
• 2 lbs(roughly 1 kg) whole Chicken cut in pieces

Instructions

2. Heat up some oil and fry the onions on high heat till a medium brown, add some salt to help it color faster
3. Add the Kashmiri Chillies, just break them in half, remove the seeds and throw them in
4. Once the onions are quite brown, add the Cashew nuts
5. Now this is the colour I’m looking for so I’m just going to remove all the onions and keep aside. If you leave some onion behind it’s fine, but get all the chilli and cashews and allow this to cool
6. Prepare the saffron milk by steeping the saffron strands in some hot milk
7. Once the onion mixture is cool add it into a fod processor and start to grind this using half the yogurt to help it blend
8. Reheat the oil and I’m going to add the whole spices
9. Add the ginger and garlic paste and saute to remove that raw taste
10. Add the chicken pieces in and allow it cook this for a few minutes allowing it to brown on all sides
11. Add 1 tsp of salt and mix to salt all the chicken
12. Add the powdered spices and mix well
13. Add 2 cups of tomatoes
14. Cover and allow the tomatoes to cook till they are mushy
15. Once this is done, scrape all of that delicious onion, chilli and cashew paste into the pot and mix well.
16. Add one cup of water to that food processor to pick up any left over paste under the blades and add this in as well
17. Add the remaining half of the yogurt and mix
18. Check for salt again
19. Cook this for 15 – 20 mins till the chicken is nice and tender
20. Finally add the saffron milk and cook for a few more mins
21. When you see red oil floating at the top, you know it’s ready