on May 25, 2016, Updated Dec 27, 2023 Try a few more North Indian Chicken recipes, that can be prepared for special occasions – Butter Chicken, Dhaba Style Chicken Curry, Achari Chicken Curry, Chicken Masala Curry, Kadai Chicken, and Coriander Chicken Curry.
About This Recipe
Chicken Korma or Safed Murg Korma is a popular North Indian or Pakistani dish where chicken is simmered in a rich and creamy gravy prepared with cashew nuts, poppy seeds, milk, ghee and yogurt. It has spicy sweet flavours and is perfect to make for special occasions. This chicken in white gravy is best served with barkhani roti, tandoori roti, naan or lachha paratha. You can also serve it with steamed rice or a lightly spiced pulao.
Ingredients
Chicken – Select bone in chicken pieces for this rich and creamy gravy.
Yogurt – Use fresh yogurt!
Milk & Fresh Cream – Addition of milk and fresh cream adds to its richness and creaminess. It also adds a hint of sweet flavour in the recipe.
Nuts & Seeds – Cashew nuts and poppy seeds makes the base of this curry, which gives the curry a white hue and also makes it super creamy.
Ghee + Oil – Use a combination of ghee and oil. You can make it only in ghee to make it extra rich.
Others – Green chillies, ginger, garlic, maida, salt, garam masala powder, lemon juice and white pepper powder are other few ingredients used for this curry.
Adjust the amount of green chillies and white pepper powder depending on how spicy you want the curry to be.
Maida is mixed with yogurt and added in the curry, to avoid the split of yogurt and to thicken the curry. You can skip adding it too.
Serving Suggestions
Serve Chicken Korma with Indian breads such as Naan, Garlic Naan, Tandoori Roti, Bakarkhani Roti, Lachha Paratha, Plain Tawa Paratha or Phulka. It also tastes great with Steamed Rice, Jeera Rice, Peas Pulao or any lightly spiced pulao of your choice.
Storing Suggestions
Due to its rich ingredients, Chicken Korma will last only for 1-2 days. Store it in a clean and dry air tight container in the refrigerator. Reheat it in a pan or microwave until nice and warm before serving. It is not freezer friendly, as while thawing milk, cream and yogurt will split.
