Best Chicken Korma Recipes

CHICKEN KORMA

Steps:

• Put 1 chopped onion, 2 roughly chopped garlic cloves and a roughly chopped thumb-sized piece of ginger in a food processor and whizz to a paste.
• Tip the paste into a large high-sided frying pan with 3 tbsp water and cook for 5 mins. Add 4 tbsp korma paste and cook for a further 2 mins until aromatic.
• Stir 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces, into the sauce. Add 50g ground almonds, 4 tbsp sultanas, 400ml chicken stock and ¼ tsp golden caster sugar.
• Give everything a good mix, then cover and simmer for 10 mins or until the chicken is cooked through.
• Remove the pan from the heat, stir in a 150g pot Greek yogurt and some seasoning, then scatter over a small bunch of chopped coriander and more ground almonds, if using. Serve with brown or white basmati rice.

EASY CHICKEN KORMA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 2-quart baking dish.
• Heat oil and butter in a skillet over medium heat. Cook onions in oil until soft.
• Place onion, yogurt, mango chutney, garlic, turmeric, chili powder, garam masala, and into the bowl of a food processor. Process into a smooth sauce; it should be about the consistency of thick cream. Add a bit of water or yogurt to thin it if needed. Spread chicken into prepared baking dish, and pour the onion sauce over the chicken.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through. Sprinkle sliced almonds over the top, and serve.

SLOW-COOKER CHICKEN KORMA

Steps:

• Heat the slow cooker to low. Put the garlic, ginger and onions in a small blender with a splash of water and whizz to a paste. Heat the oil in a frying pan over a medium-high heat and sear the chicken all over. Remove from the pan and set aside, then add the onion paste. Fry over a medium heat for 10 mins until lightly golden.
• Stir in the tomato purée, spices, 1 tsp salt and the sugar, fry for 1 min until aromatic, then put the chicken back into the pan (with any resting juices) and add the stock. Stir and bring to a simmer, then spoon into the slow cooker. Cook on low for 5-6 hrs until the chicken is tender and cooked through.
• Stir through the cream and the ground almonds and bubble for 10 mins to reduce, if needed. Scatter with flaked almonds and coriander, if using, then serve with rice and naans, if you like.

CHICKEN KORMA

Steps:

• Place potato in a small saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook until tender, 10-15 minutes. Drain., In a large skillet, saute the onion, cinnamon, bay leaf and cloves in oil until onion is tender. Add the chicken, garlic, curry and ginger; cook and stir 1 minute longer. Stir in the tomatoes, salt and potato., Cover and cook until chicken is no longer pink, 10-15 minutes. Remove from the heat; discard cinnamon, bay leaf and cloves. Stir in sour cream. Serve with rice.

SLOW COOKER LAMB (OR CHICKEN) KORMA

Steps:

• Mash the garlic with the ginger and almonds, then mix with 4 tbsp of the water to form a paste.
• Heat the oil in a large frying pan, addd the meat in batches and fry until browned all over. Transfer the meat to the crock pot with a draining spoon.
• Add the onion to the pan and fry, stirring, for 2-3 minutes until turning golden. Add to crock pot.
• Add creamed coconut and water to the pan. Stir the creamed coconut until almost melted, then add the spices and the almond paste and bring to a boil. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Pour into the crock pot, stir, cover and cook on high for 3 hours or low for 6 hours until the meat is really tender.
• Stir in the garam masala, taste and re-season if necessary. Garnish with wedges of lemon and torn coriander leaves and serve with pilau rice and a green salad or other vegetable curry.

AMU'S CHICKEN KORMA

Steps:

• Cut onion in half, trim off the root, and thinly slice one half from root to stem. Set aside. Roughly chop the remaining onion half and purée in a blender, adding as little water as needed to blend until smooth. Pour into a small bowl. Set aside.
• In the same blender (no need to wash it out), purée ginger, garlic, yogurt and kosher salt, adding as little water as needed to blend until smooth. Pour into a large bowl. Set aside. Pat chicken dry with paper towels, add to bowl with yogurt purée and toss with your hands to coat.
• In a medium Dutch oven, pot or karahi over medium-high heat, add ghee and reserved sliced onions, and cook, stirring often, until crisp and deeply browned, about 10 to 12 minutes. (The onions will continue to brown after removing from heat, so scoop them out of the pot when they are a shade lighter than the desired final color.) Leaving behind the fat, transfer to a plate with a slotted spoon, and spread them out so they cool down quickly and don't clump together.
• Add the onion purée, coriander, bay leaf, cinnamon stick, cardamom pods and a big pinch of kosher salt to remaining ghee and cook over medium-high heat, stirring frequently, until deeply browned and aromatic, about 10 to 12 minutes.
• Add chicken, scraping in all the yogurt marinade, and stir to coat in onion paste. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer until the chicken releases its liquid, about 10 minutes. Partly cover, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the chicken is falling off the bone, the sauce is thick and creamy, and the fat breaks out of the sauce, about 30 to 35 minutes. (You want it to be saucy but thick. Add water a splash as a time, if needed, while cooking.)
• Add green chiles, three-fourths of the reserved frizzled onions and more kosher salt to taste. Gently stir to combine. Cook until fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes. Top with remaining frizzled onions, and serve with paratha, rice, or as a sandwich by pulling the meat off the bone, dressing in the korma sauce, and placing between mayonnaise-slathered sliced of untoasted bread. Serve with Cucumber-Tomato Salad or additional raw onion, green chile and yogurt. Leftovers can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Reheat in the microwave or on the stovetop over medium-low heat with a splash of water.

INDIAN CHICKEN KORMA IN THE SLOW COOKER

Steps:

• Combine onions, chile pepper, garlic, and ginger in a blender; blend until smooth. Cut each chicken thigh into 4 pieces.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over high heat and brown chicken pieces in batches until evenly browned on all sides, about 5 minutes per batch. Transfer to a slow cooker.
• Melt butter in the same skillet over medium heat and add onion mixture once butter has melted. Cook until flavors are well combined, about 3 minutes. Stir in cumin, fennel, cardamom, paprika, turmeric, and cinnamon and cook for 1 minute more. Mix in chicken stock, sugar, and salt; bring to a boil. Pour contents of skillet over chicken in the slow cooker. Cover.
• Cook on Low until chicken is cooked through and flavors are well combined, about 7 hours. Stir in heavy cream and ground almonds.

EASY CHICKEN KORMA

Steps:

• Cook the ginger, garlic and onion in a large pan with the oil until softened. Tip in the chicken and cook until lightly browned, about 5 mins, then add in garam masala and cook for 1 min further.
• Pour over the stock and simmer for 10 mins until the chicken is cooked through. Mix together the fromage frais and ground almonds. Take the pan off the heat and stir in the fromage frais mixture. Sprinkle over sliced almonds, garnish with coriander and serve with boiled rice, chapatis or plain naan bread.

SIMPLE INDIAN CHICKEN KORMA

Steps:

• Melt margarine in a large saucepan over medium heat until sizzling, about 1 minute. Add chicken and cook until no longer pink inside and juices run clear, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Add onion and garlic to the saucepan and cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Combine water and bouillon cube in a bowl and stir to dissolve. Pour into saucepan. Add coconut cream and curry powder and stir to combine. Bring to a boil, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to a simmer, cover saucepan, and cook about 30 minutes.
• Remove from heat and stir yogurt into the saucepan. Mix well before serving.

STEVE'S CHICKEN KORMA

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Combine the ginger, chili powder, cinnamon, turmeric, and pepper; stir into the hot oil and cook for 5 seconds. Add the onion and garlic; stir and cook until onions become transparent, about 7 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes and chicken, and cook until chicken is no longer pink, 5 to 8 minutes.
• Combine the chicken stock with the chicken-onion mixture; stir and cook 3 minutes. Stir in the almonds, cream, and yogurt; continue cooking 2 to 4 minutes.

CHICKEN CAULIFLOWER KORMA

Steps:

• Heat ghee in a large pot over medium heat; cook and stir onion until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir garlic, curry powder, cumin, ginger, salt, turmeric, cardamom, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, and nutmeg into onion; cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Stir chicken into onion mixture; cook for 2 minutes. Stir carrots, coconut milk, cashews, and tomato paste into chicken mixture; simmer for 5 minutes. Stir cauliflower into chicken mixture; simmer, covered, until vegetables are tender and chicken is cooked through, about 5 minutes.
• Stir peas, red bell pepper, and cream into chicken mixture; reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until heated through, about 10 minutes.

KORMA MURG CURRY (KORMA-STYLE CHICKEN CURRY)

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a pan and add the cinnamon. Once it starts to sizzle, add the onions with the green chile and cook over a medium heat for 5 minutes until they start to color.
• Add the garlic, ginger and cashew nuts and cook over a medium heat for 5 minutes until lightly golden. Stir in the poppy seeds and then pour in the measured water.
• Transfer the mixture to a blender and blitz until smooth, then return to the pan.
• Stir in the salt, ground spices and measured boiling water then add the chicken pieces. Cover and cook over a medium heat for about 10 to 15 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through.
• Add the cream and cilantro, then serve.

BANGLADESHI CHICKEN KORMA

Steps:

• Place the chicken in a medium Dutch oven, and season with 1 teaspoon salt. Thinly slice 1/4 of the onion, and set aside. Roughly chop the rest of the onion, and purée it in a blender with the ginger, garlic and 3 tablespoons of water, until smooth. Add splashes of water to keep it moving, if necessary.
• Combine the onion purée with the chicken, yogurt, cardamom, cloves, bay leaves, cinnamon and peppercorns. Bring the mixture to a simmer over medium-high heat, stirring. Cover the pot until the chicken releases its juices, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Uncover the pot, and adjust the heat to maintain a gentle simmer. Cook, stirring and flipping the chicken occasionally, until tender and the sauce is gravylike in consistency, about 35 minutes. Adjust the thickness of the sauce by adding water or cooking it down. Stir in the sugar. Pierce the chiles with a knife, then add them. Season to taste with salt. Keep warm over low heat.
• Heat the butter and oil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. After it foams, add the sliced onions, and cook, stirring, until they are richly browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Season with a pinch of salt. Add the onion mixture to the korma. Serve with steamed basmati rice.

INDIAN TAKEAWAY CHICKEN KORMA CURRY

Steps:

• For the curry base: Roughly chop the onions and place in a large saucepan with the garlic and ginger.
• Cover with water (approx 800ml), bring to the boil and cover.
• Continue to simmer on a low-medium heat for 30-35 minutes until much of the water has reduced.
• Stir in the salt, spices, tomato puree and 3 teaspoons of oil.
• Simmer for a further 10 minutes.
• Take the saucepan off the heat and use a hand blender or upright blender to blend into a smooth gravy.
• Divide the curry base into 3 x 225ml portions and store in the fridge or freezer.
• Now for the chicken korma part! Heat the 4 tablespoons of oil in a pan on a medium heat and cook the diced chicken breast until sealed.
• Add one portion of curry base (225ml) and stir on a medium heat for 2 minutes.
• Next, add the coconut powder, almond powder, sugar and stir for a further minute.
• Stir in the single cream and continue to simmer on a medium- low heat for 15 minutes, stirring often.
• Once the curry has thickened, turn off the heat, serve and enjoy!

CHICKEN KORMA MELTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and arrange the chicken in a large ovenproof dish. Beat the cheese, korma paste and the 1 tbsp coriander together with a squeeze of lemon. Squeeze the remaining lemon over the chicken and spread the curry mix on top. Scatter over the chilli and bake for 15 mins.
• Remove from the oven, add the tomatoes to the dish then return to cook for another 10 mins. Scatter with more coriander and serve with rice and salad or new potatoes and vegetables

INDIAN TAKEAWAY CHICKEN KORMA

Steps:

• Roughly chop the onions and place in a large saucepan with the garlic and ginger.
• Cover with water (approx 800ml), bring to the boil and cover.
• Continue to simmer on a low-medium heat for 30-35 minutes until much of the water has reduced.
• Stir in the salt, spices, tomato puree and oil.
• Simmer for a further 10 minutes.
• Take the saucepan off the heat and use a hand blender or upright blender to blend into a smooth gravy.
• Divide the curry base into 3 x 225ml portions and store in the fridge or freezer.
• Now for the chicken korma part! Heat the oil in a pan on a medium heat and cook the diced chicken breast until sealed.
• Add one portion of curry base (225ml) and stir on a medium heat for 2 minutes.
• Next, add the coconut powder, almond powder, sugar and stir for a further minute.
• Stir in the single cream and continue to simmer on a medium- low heat for 15 minutes, stirring often.
• Once the curry has thickened, turn off the heat, serve and enjoy!

PADMA LAKSHMI'S CHICKEN KORMA

Steps:

• Combine the chicken and vinegar in a large bowl; cover; refrigerate 30 minutes.
• Place tamarind in a small bowl; cover with boiling water; let stand 20 minutes.
• Combine the green cardamom seeds, cloves, star anise and peppercorns in a mortar and pestle or spice grinder; grind until combined.
• Mix the ground spices into the tamarind gravy; set aside.
• Combine the tomatoes and half-and-half in a food processor or blender; puree; set aside.
• Heat the oil in a deep, heavy skillet over medium heat; stir in the red chilies, black cardamom and cinnamon stick and cook 2 minutes.
• Add the garlic, shallots, cashews and ginger; cook, stirring, 6-8 minutes.
• Add the reserved tamarind and ground-spice mixture; cook, stirring, 2 minutes.
• Add the reserved tomato mixture; turn heat to medium-low.
• Stir in the garam masala; cook, until mixture thickens, about 15-20 minutes. Season with the salt.
• Add the chicken; cook, stirring, 7 minutes.
• Note: When soaking the tamarind, push down on the pulp with the back of a spoon; the tamarind will begin to break down; after soaking time is over, break up the tamarind with fingers or a spoon, then push the mixture through a fine-mesh sieve.

CHICKEN KORMA - TAKEAWAY STYLE!

Steps:

• Take all the items on the list EXCEPT olive oil, chicken, cumin, and cream, and chop before adding to a blender.
• Pulse and blend mixture until smooth as possible. Set aside.
• Heat olive oil in a hot large frying pan/saucepan.
• Cut chicken into small pieces and fry until beginning to brown. Add cumin seeds and continue until nicely browned. Overall chicken browning time should be around 8 minutes.
• Add blended ingredients to the chicken, cover, and simmer on a moderate heat for 15 minutes Stir regularly to prevent sticking.
• Finally add cream, and allow to heat through.
• Check seasoning, add more coconut and coriander if required.
• Serve with naan and boiled rice.

PRESSURE COOKER CHICKEN KORMA

Steps:

• Heat cream in a microwave or in a small pot on the stove, then add the saffron. Set it aside for 2 hours to draw out the saffron color.
• Season chicken generously with salt and pepper. Set the sauté setting on the electric pressure cooker to high. Add in oil; wait a few seconds and stir in the golden raisins. When they're plump (it will only take a few seconds), transfer them with a slotted spoon to a small bowl.
• Add almonds into the oil. Stir. Once they're golden, 30 seconds to 1 minute, transfer them with the slotted spoon and to the bowl with the raisins.
• Add cardamom pods and cinnamon stick. Brown chicken, 2 to 3 pieces at a time, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Transfer them as they're finished to a bowl or plate. Repeat with remaining chicken.
• Stir onions into the pot and cook until starting to brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in ginger and garlic, and cook for 30 seconds. Stir in coriander and cumin. Add a few tablespoons of water and scrape up what you can from the bottom of the pot.
• Return all the chicken pieces and their liquid to the pot. Stir in yogurt, 1 tablespoon at a time. Stir in 1 1/4 teaspoon salt, chile powder and 1/2 cup water.
• Cover and cook at low pressure for 6 minutes, then release the pressure manually.
• Remove the lid, then turn on the sauté function on low. Cover with the glass lid or loosely with the regular lid, and simmer gently to meld the flavors, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Stir in garam masala and saffron cream; taste and adjust seasoning if necessary. Serve garnished with the raisins and almonds.

LIGHTER CHICKEN KORMA RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pan over a medium heat.
• Add the chicken and season with the salt and pepper. Fry for 6-8 minutes or until cooked through.
• Take the chicken out and set aside.
• Fry the onions with the garlic and ginger for about 5 minutes.
• Stir in all the spices and fry for another 2 minutes.
• Stir in the water and passata sauce. Bring to a boil.
• Place a lid on top of the pan and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Stir in the cream and the yogurt.
• Add in the chicken and cook for another 5 minutes, until the sauce thickens slightly.
• Serve with rice, salad, and naan bread.
• Enjoy!