Shahi Chicken Korma

Shahi Chicken Korma
      Shahi Chicken Korma is a rich Indian chicken dish cooked in the delicious paste of spices and nuts.

Ingredients:
Chicken – 1 kg (cut to pieces)
Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
Curd – ½ cup f(resh and thick)
Cashew nuts – 10 – 12 (soaked in water)
Almonds – 8 (soak or boil in water and remove skin)
Milk – 3 tbsp
Cumin seeds – ½ tsp
Onion – 3 (thinly sliced)
Green chili – 3 to 4
Ginger – garlic (crushed) – 2 tbsp
Red chili powder – 2 tsp
Coriander powder – 2 tsp
Garam masala powder – ½ tsp
Water – 1 ½ cup
Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp
Salt – to taste
Clarified butter/ghee – 3 tbsp
How to make shahi chicken korma:
Beat the curd and mix chicken pieces with turmeric and salt.
Set it aside for half an hour.
Grind together the soaked cashew nuts and almonds with 3 tbsp milk to a fine paste and keep it ready.
Heat ghee in a pan, add the cumin seeds and let it splutter.
Add the sliced onion, then add the chopped green chili and crushed ginger garlic and saute till the raw smell disappear.
Add red chili powder, coriander powder and garam masala powder and simmer for few minutes.
Add the marinated chicken to this combine well and cook over high flame for about 4 – 5 minutes.
Add 1 ½ cup water to this and bring to boil.
Reduce the flame and cook covered till the chicken is cooked completely.
Add the ground cashew almond paste to this and cook for another 2 – 3 minutes stirring continuously.
 Add the chopped coriander leaves and remove from flame. Serve hot.