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RCI-MT.006.0132.001

Murghi Korma

South Asian cuisines

Prep15 min
Cook30 min
Total45 min
Servings4
Difficultyadvanced

Ingredients

  • chicken: skinned and cut into medium sizes
    ideally into 6 pieces if using baby chicken
    1 Whole
  • Ginger paste: 1tb spoon
    1 unit
  • Garlic paste: 1tb spoon
    1 unit
  • Coriander powder: 1& 1/2 t spoon
    1 unit
  • Cumin powder: 1& 1/2 t spoon
    1 unit
  • Nutmeg powder (optional): 1/2 tspoon
    1 unit
  • Greek yogurt: 1 tb spoon<br />
    1 unit
  • Onion chopped: 2 medium sized
    1 unit
  • Cardamon pods: 6-8
    1 unit
  • Clove: 3-5
    1 unit
  • Cinnamon stick: 1 medium
    1 unit
  • Black pepper crushed: according to taste
    1 unit
  • Hhee or butter: 1 or 2 tb spoon
    1 unit
  • Salt: according to taste
    1 unit
  • Sugar: 1 tb spoon<br />
    1 unit
  • Coconut cream/ crushed coconut: 2 tb spoon
    1 unit
  • Single cream: 1/2 cup
    1 unit
  • Saffron: 4-6 threads
    1 unit
  • Rosewater (optional): few drops
    1 unit
  • Toasted flakes of almonds for decoration (optional): 1 tb spoon
    1 unit

Method

1
Marinate the chicken with all the ingredients and cover the bowel with a cling film, leave in the fridge 1-3 hours
2
Fry the onions in ghee /butter until starts to turn brown but still soft. Do not fry to crispiness. Take out the onion with slotted spoon and keep it.
3
Add the marinated chicken to the hot ghee and cook in medium heat.
4
Dry toast the whole spices on a hot frying pan for 1 minute until they release the aroma
5
Add the whole spices to the chicken as well as black paper
6
Stir occasionally and cook covered.
7
When water starts to separate from chicken add coconut cream, salt and sugar
8
Add boiling water if chicken starts to dry up before its cooked
9
Warm the single cream in microwave and add saffron to it.
10
Add single cream to chicken when almost cooked and stir
11
Bring back the fried onions, add optional rose water and almonds and turn down the heat.