Bangladeshi White Chicken Korma
Chicken meat is braised in aromatic spices and yogurt to give you a thick creamy white chicken korma. A perfect easy one-pot dish that you will absolutely love!
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 24 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 3 lbs chicken pieces with bone (or 2 lbs of boneless skinless chicken thighs)
- 4 Tbsp ghee
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/3 cup golden raisin
- 1-2 tsp finely chopped fresh hot green chilies (optional)
- 1/2 cup acidophilus yogurt (, or plain yogurt plus 1 Tbsp lemon juice, beaten until smooth)
- 5 cloves
- 1 large cinnamon stick
- 6 green cardamon pods
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 medium onion (, sliced into fine half rings)
- 6 cloves garlic (, crushed with garlic press)
- 2 inch knob fresh ginger
- 1 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp sugar
- Fresh cilantro leaves
Instructions
- 1
If you use a whole chicken, skin the chicken and cut into small serving pieces. Breast into 6 pieces, each leg into 2 pieces, wings into 3 pieces, back into 3 pieces, neck into 2 pieces
- 2
If you use boneless skinless chicken, cut into large bite size
- 3
Place onion, garlic, and ginger in a food processor and process into fine paste. Add a bit of water if needed
- 4
Melt ghee in a large pot over medium heat. Add the spices and herb and stir fry for about 10 seconds. Add the onion, garlic, ginger paste. Stir fry for another 1 minute. Be careful not to brown the paste. Add the chicken pieces and stir to mix everything. Pour in 1/4 cup of water and seasonings. Bring to a gentle simmer and then cover the lid and lower the heat to let the chicken braise for the next 10 minutes if you use boneless chicken meat or 15-20 minutes if you use bone-in chicken
- 5
Stir in the slivered almonds, raisin, and green chili and cook for another minute. Stir in the yogurt and turn off the heat. Stir to mix everything. Have a taste and season with more salt to your taste. It should be savory with a hint of tang. Garnish with fresh cilantro leaves
- 6
Serve with rice or naan, or crusty bread if you like