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Awadhi Chicken Korma

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Chef :

Kumkum Chatterjee

Awadhi Chicken Korma

#masterchef Awadhi cuisine has it's origin in Lucknow,Uttarpradesh but highly influenced by mughlai cuisine. But Awadhi chicken korma is a bit different from mughlai chicken korma and the spices and nutty flavour makes it all the more authentic recipe which is enjoyed with naan or roti.

Ingredient

400 gms

chicken

onion sliced finely

1 tsp

ginger paste

1 tsp

garlic paste

2 tbsp

curd

2 tbsp

malai / cream

2 tbsp

tomato puree

1/2 tsp

turmeric

1 tsp

kashmiri red chilli powder

2 tbsp

ghee

2 tbsp

refined oil

cashewnuts/ almonds

1 tbsp

poppy seed

1 tbsp

crushed kasoori methi

1 tbsp

chopped pudina

1 tbsp

chopped coriander

1 tsp

kitchen king masala

3-4

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small stick cinnamon

4-5

cloves

green chilli paste

1/4 th cup

warm milk

To taste

salt

1 tbsp

kewra water

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Marinate chicken with salt and curd for an hour.Soak poppy seeds and cashewnuts in warm milk.Make a paste of it alongwith cream or malai and 1 green chilli.Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a wok and fry the onion golden brown.Cool and make a paste of it.

* Step 2

Shake the marinade from the chicken and fry in oil golden brown.Sprinkle half crushed whole garam masala and when they splutter,add the ground paste. Also add ginger garlic paste,tomato puree,chopped pudina (mint),kasoori methi, kitchen king masala,kashmiri lal mirch,turmeric and salt to taste.Toss all and add little water as needed as chicken releases water.