Shahi Chicken Korma. Cut the chicken breasts into small cubes. Pour over the chicken, stir, and refrigerate to marinate while you prep the rest of the recipe. Puree all the sauce ingredients in a food processor until very smooth. Shahi Chicken Korma

You can have Shahi Chicken Korma using 20 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Shahi Chicken Korma
  1. Prepare of chicken.
  2. It’s of curd.
  3. Prepare of tomato pureed.
  4. You need of cashewnuts.
  5. It’s of white sesame seeds.
  6. It’s of coconut paste.
  7. You need of green chillies paste.
  8. It’s of onions.
  9. It’s of ginger paste.
  10. It’s of garlic paste.
  11. Prepare of crushed whole garam masala.
  12. You need of garam masala powder.
  13. Prepare of refined oil.
  14. You need of ghee.
  15. You need of malai.
  16. It’s of coconut milk(optional).
  17. You need of fried whole red chillies.
  18. You need of coriander leaves chopped.
  19. Prepare of Salt and sugar.
  20. Prepare of water.

Even Bangladesh and Pakistan also have similar korma recipes. Shahi Chicken Korma is one of the royal dishes of Moghal. The word "shahi" resembles royal as this recipe is made with the blend of spices to give it royal flavour. In North India, this recipe is made on many special occasions and served as a special dish in many dhabas accompanied with naan.

Shahi Chicken Korma instructions

  1. Marinate chicken with little salt and curd for an hour.Boil 1 onion.Make a paste of the onion,few cashew nuts, sesame seeds, coconut, malai and green chillies.Fry 2 finely sliced onions till crispy and set aside.Fry also 2 whole red chillies.Set aside..

  2. In the remaining oil, fry the chicken golden brown.Add ghee to the remaining oil.Sprinkle half crushed garam masala and 1 bay leaf.When it splutters add the masala paste, salt and pinch of sugar and fry till oil leaves sides.Add the chicken and a cup of water.Cook chicken covered under low flame..

  3. Sprinkle garam masala and coconut milk and chopped coriander leaves.Garnish with fried onions and fried red chillies.Serve with pulao, jeera rice, paratha or naan..

Shahi Chicken Korma which is also known as Shahi Chicken is basically a side dish that comes with thick gravy. At that period of time, the royal cook Mir Bakawal used to cook this dish in the royal kitchen of Emperor Akbar. Chicken shahi korma, a delicious creamy korma recipe, made using rich ingredients such as nuts and yogurt which are cooked with chicken. Shahi chicken korma is a rich and flavourful curry. It's a dish invented for nobility.