Chicken Korma

photo by Annacia

- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 50 g sunflower seeds
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 4 tablespoons oil
- 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons garam masala
- 2 teaspoons mild curry powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 4 chicken breasts
- 500 ml natural yogurt
- 1 tablespoon fresh coriander, chopped
- basmati rice, to serve
directions
- Place sunflower seeds in a non stick frying pan with no oil nd dry fry over medium heat until lightly toasted.
- Cool and process until fine.
- heat half the oil in pan and cook the onions and garlic, add anothe tbsp of oil and add the spices, cook a further 1 minute.
- Add the cubed chicken and cook 3 more minutes, season with salt and pepper.
- stir in the yogurt and simmer gently for about 15 minutes or until chicken is tender.
- Stir in sunflower seed powder and coriander.
- serve over rice.
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I'm in a real quandary as to how to rate this honestly because I have never made Chicken Korma before. I carefully followed the directions so I not sure if the sauce is supposed to be as think as this turned out. I had the stove so low that it was barely simmering and took it off the stove 4 mins before time. While I'm a fan of North African and Indian foods I'm sorry to say that I didn't find this to my personal taste. I loved the sunflower seeds in it but even though the Korma was a first time experience I couldn't help but feel that something was missing. I think, however, that mainly it was the thickness. By the time it had cooled a bit it has become much more of a paste consistency than a sauce. I used a bed of cooked chopped spinach then a layer of chicken-garlic Basmati rice. The sauce never reached the spinach ans the rice stick to the underside of the chicken and sauce rather than being coated with it. If I were to try it again I would really cut way back on the simmering time, I think 7-8 mins would be plenty.
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