Chicken Korma or Dai Chicken (Chicken with Curd)

Chicken korma or you can say Dai Chicken,I think dai chicken is very familier to us.Its very tasty recipe and a thick gravy chicken dish which we can have rice/roti/nan etc.And this one is the potato free chicken dish.So this is for everyone.

Preparation Time: 35 min
Ingredients:
1 kg Chicken(Make medium size pieces)
100 gm curd
1 tbsp Turmeric powder
1 1/2 tbsp Jeera Powder
1 1/2 tbsp Dhania Powder
1 tbsp Ginger paste
1 tbsp garlic paste
2-3 cinnamons
4-5 Cardamons
9-10 black paper seeds
5-8 cloves
3 big onions finely chopped
6-7 green chilis
1/2 garam masala powder


Merination:
First wash the chickens properly and dried out the complete water from the chicken.For this you can put the chicken under fan for 2-3 min.After that put the chicken in a bowl and add salt (as per required) and curd in it.Now stir the mixture properly and merinate the chicken.After this put the chicken for 1 hour in refrigerator.

Preparation:
Now in a big pan (for 1 kg chicken) add musturd oil in enough quantity to fry the onions.Now heat the oil and add all the raw masalas (Cinamons,cardamons,cloves etc).And wait till you feel the aroma of all these masala.Then add the onions and green chilis to this pan and stire properly.

The onions need to fry in a low flame till brown.By the time you can take out the chicken which was kept inside the refrigerator.

Check the onions regularly so that they dont get overfried.If you feel its enoough fried, you can now add rest of the masalas(Jeera powder,dhania powder,ginger & garlic paste) to the onions.Stire the mixture properly.

Now add the merinated chicken into the pan and mix them well.After that cover the pan and reduce the flame to low.Need to stire the chicken mixure after 3-4 mins.After 20 mins increase when the chicken are properly cooked(not over cooked), you can increase the heat and dried out the extra water in the chicken mixture.

After dried out of the water, we can see the chicken oil and curd ll come out and then fry the chicken in that oil for next few min.But need to be very carefull as the flame is high.

Now after enough fry, add 2 cups of water in the chicken.Mix all the masalas and chicken in the water and cook for next 3-4 min in high heat so that the gravy can be thick.

Need to add little garam masala powder and your chicken korma is ready.

Serve hot with chopped onions and paratha/butter nun.

Enjoy eatning.