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North Indian

Chicken Korma

Chicken Korma is North Indian home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

45 min Medium Gluten free

Ingredients

  • 1.5 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs
  • 1/2 cup raw cashews
  • 1/2 cup plain yogurt
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 2 onions
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 1 tbsp grated ginger
  • 2 tsp garam masala
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • 4 green cardamom pods
  • 3 tbsp neutral oil
  • 4 cups cooked basmati rice
  • 1 tsp salt

How to cook it

  1. Soak the cashews in hot water for 10 minutes, then blend them smooth with the yogurt.
  2. Heat the oil in a heavy pot and cook the sliced onions until soft and golden, about 10 minutes.
  3. Add the garlic, ginger, cardamom, coriander, and half the garam masala and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
  4. Stir in the chicken pieces and salt and sear for 4 minutes.
  5. Lower the heat, stir in the cashew yogurt, and simmer gently until the chicken is tender, about 18 minutes, stirring so it does not catch.
  6. Finish with the cream and remaining garam masala, warm through, and serve over the basmati rice.

Serve it with

A North Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Chicken Korma, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Chicken Korma carries tree nuts and dairy. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Chicken Korma
Allergen In this dish Cook this instead
Peanuts No
Tree nuts Yes Masala Omelette
Dairy Yes Masala Omelette
Gluten No
Shellfish No
Eggs No
Soy No
Fish No
Sesame No
Coconut No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.

Calorie band
Hearty
Protein
High
Protein quality
Complete
Food groups it covers
Grains, Vegetables, Dairy, Meat or fish, and Nuts and seeds
How this was set
Hand audited

When to cook it

Chicken Korma takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.

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