Bangladeshi White Chicken Korma Recipes

BANGLADESHI WHITE CHICKEN KORMA

Steps:

• If you use a whole chicken, skin the chicken and cut into small serving pieces. Breast into 6 pieces, each leg into 2 pieces, wings into 3 pieces, back into 3 pieces, neck into 2 pieces
• If you use boneless skinless chicken, cut into large bite size
• Place onion, garlic, and ginger in a food processor and process into fine paste. Add a bit of water if needed
• Melt ghee in a large pot over medium heat. Add the spices and herb and stir fry for about 10 seconds. Add the onion, garlic, ginger paste. Stir fry for another 1 minute. Be careful not to brown the paste. Add the chicken pieces and stir to mix everything. Pour in 1/4 cup of water and seasonings. Bring to a gentle simmer and then cover the lid and lower the heat to let the chicken braise for the next 10 minutes if you use boneless chicken meat or 15-20 minutes if you use bone-in chicken
• Stir in the slivered almonds, raisin, and green chili and cook for another minute. Stir in the yogurt and turn off the heat. Stir to mix everything. Have a taste and season with more salt to your taste. It should be savory with a hint of tang. Garnish with fresh cilantro leaves
• Serve with rice or naan, or crusty bread if you like

BANGLADESHI CHICKEN KORMA

Steps:

• Place the chicken in a medium Dutch oven, and season with 1 teaspoon salt. Thinly slice 1/4 of the onion, and set aside. Roughly chop the rest of the onion, and purée it in a blender with the ginger, garlic and 3 tablespoons of water, until smooth. Add splashes of water to keep it moving, if necessary.
• Combine the onion purée with the chicken, yogurt, cardamom, cloves, bay leaves, cinnamon and peppercorns. Bring the mixture to a simmer over medium-high heat, stirring. Cover the pot until the chicken releases its juices, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Uncover the pot, and adjust the heat to maintain a gentle simmer. Cook, stirring and flipping the chicken occasionally, until tender and the sauce is gravylike in consistency, about 35 minutes. Adjust the thickness of the sauce by adding water or cooking it down. Stir in the sugar. Pierce the chiles with a knife, then add them. Season to taste with salt. Keep warm over low heat.
• Heat the butter and oil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. After it foams, add the sliced onions, and cook, stirring, until they are richly browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Season with a pinch of salt. Add the onion mixture to the korma. Serve with steamed basmati rice.