Chicken Korma

EASY Chicken Korma recipe cooked in whole spices and a flavorful yogurt-based sauce.

📝 Ingredients

• 1 1/2 pounds chicken thighs cut into pieces (or 6 skinless drumsticks )
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 4 whole green cardamom pods
• 4 cloves
• 12 black peppercorns
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1 large yellow onion (finely chopped)
• 1 teaspoon ginger paste (paste )
• 1 teaspoon garlic paste (paste)
• 1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1 teaspoon kashmiri red chili powder
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 cup full fat or Greek yogurt
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/4 cup cilantro (chopped)
• 1 cup basmati rice (rinsed and drained)
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1--- Instant Pot Recipe ---
2. 2Turn the Instant Pot to sauté mode and heat oil. Add whole spices - cardamom, cloves, black pepper, and cumin. Saute for 30 seconds.
3. 3Add onion and mix well. Saute for 2 minutes covered with glass lid.
4. 4Add ginger, garlic, turmeric, red chili powder, ground cumin, ground coriander, and salt. Mix well.
5. 5Add chicken and water. Mix well to evenly coat all the spices to the chicken. Turn the saute mode off.
6. 6Optional Pot in Pot Rice - Add rice, water, and salt to a stainless steel pot.Place a tall trivet in the Instant and place the rice pot over it.
7. 7Close Instant Pot with pressure valve to sealing. Pressure Cook for 8 minutes followed by 5-minute Natural Release.
8. 8Open the Instant Pot. Take out the rice and trivet if cooking rice.
9. 9Add a few spoonfuls of hot curry to the yogurt and mix well. This step is important to avoid the cold yogurt getting split in the curry.
10. 10Cook on Saute mode to thicken the sauce. Garnish with chopped cilantro!
11. 11--- Stove Top Recipe ---
12. 12Heat oil in a large skillet or pot. Add cardamom, cloves, black pepper, and cumin, and saute for 30 seconds or until aromatic.
13. 13Add onions and salt and cook on medium heat for 8 to 10 minutes or until the onions turn light brown and translucent. Cover the pot with a lid to speed up the cooking of onions. Add ground spices, ginger, garlic, and chicken.
14. 14Add 3/4 cup of water and give a quick stir. Cover the pot and cook on medium heat for 10 to 15 minutes or until the chicken is fully cooked. Use a digital thermometer to make sure that the internal temperature of the thickest piece is at 165 F.
15. 15Add a few spoonfuls of the curry to the yogurt and mix well. Stir in the yogurt in the chicken korma and gently mix. Garnish with cilantro.