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Home » Main Course » White chicken korma recipe Pakistani|Step by step

April 11, 2017

White chicken korma recipe Pakistani|Step by step

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Step by step recipe of White chicken korma with almonds with photos.

Hey there! Did you know many people get confused between white korma, white karahi, and white handi.  Some people think all are same and they end up mixing ingredients. Although, ingredient are similar but they have different aromas and appearance. All karahi, korma or handi can be made with chicken, beef, mutton or lamb.

What is White Karahi?

Karahi literally means wok in Urdu. When meat is cooked in karahi with yogurt and cream, lots of ginger and jalapeno pepper are used . The result is a yummy light karahi.

What is White Handi?

This is another creamy delicacy. Handi is clay pot or terra-cotta pot. When boneless meat is cooked in handi with green chili, pepper and roasted cumin and coriander, the result is a handi. Sometimes, coconut milk is also added.

What is White Korma?

Like traditional korma,( also called kurma and qorma) which has fried golden onion, a variety of garam masala and yogurt. The white korma has onion paste , variety of garam masala and almond paste, poppy or cashew paste. It is highly aromatic.

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White Chicken Korma Recipe Pakistani

A loud and aromatic dish that is easy to make and yummy to eat.
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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings : 4
Calories: 574kcal
Author: Mariam Sodawater

Ingredients

  • ½ kg chicken

Paste 1

  • 1 tablespoon ginger paste or 1 inch ginger piece, (adrak)
  • 1 tablespoon garlic paste or 3 cloves, (lahsun)
  • 1 tablespoon green chilli paste or 3-4 whole, (choti hari mirch)
  • 150 gm or 1 medium onion, , cut in chunks

Paste 2

  • ¼ cup de silver almond, (badaam bagair chilkay), few more for garnish
  • ¼ cup desiccated coconut, (sookha khopra) or 2 tablespoon coconut milk powder or 1 tablespoon coconut cream

Spices

  • 6 black pepper, (kali mirch)
  • 4 clove, (laung)
  • 4 green cardamom, ,crushed (choti elaichi)
  • 1 black cardamom, (bari elaichi)
  • 1 inch cinnamon, dal cheeni
  • 4 round red chili, (gol lal mirch)
  • 1 teaspoon cumin, ,roasted and crushed (kuta zeera)
  • 1 teaspoon coriander powder, (sukha dhanya)

Other

  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 150 gm or 1 medium onion, , sliced
  • ½ cup greek yogurt or 250 gm yogurt, (dahi)
  • ½ cup water or more
  • ¼ cup cream, , optional
  • ¼ teaspoon Garam Masala Powder, (garam masala)
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper

Instructions

Prep Steps

    Make Paste 1

    • Make a fine paste green chilies, ginger garlic and 1 onion. Set aside.

    Make Paste 2

    • Dry roast almonds and let it cool for a minute. Grind almonds and coconut into a fine paste. Add some milk if required to form a paste. Set aside

    Make Korma

    • Fry sliced onions in oil until golden brown and set aside for garnish.
    • In same onion oil, fry black pepper, clove, green and black cardamom, round red chili in oil for 30 seconds.
    • Add cumin and coriander powder, stir and add  paste 1 immediately. Fry until color changes and oil separates. (3 minutes)
    • Add chicken and fry with constant stirring until color of chicken changes from pink to brown.(5 minutes)
    • Add almond and coconut paste 2, yogurt and salt. Cover and cook for 15 minutes on medium flame.
    • Next add cream, black pepper powder and all spice powder, stir well. Add ½ cup water for gravy. Cover and cook on medium low flame until oil separates.
    • Garnish with fried onions and almond slices. Delicious white korma is ready to serve.
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     Step by step recipe of White chicken korma with almonds

    Prep steps:

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    Make a paste of ginger, garlic, green chili and onions. Set aside. (Paste 1)

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    Next made paste of almonds. Use some milk if required.(If you don’t like gritty texture of coconut, you can add coconut milk or coconut cream instead for creamy texture.) Paste 2

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    Fry an onion and set aside for garnish.

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    In same oil fry whole spices first then powdered spices.

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    Immediately, add onion paste 1 so spices do not burn and lose its flavors.

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    For for 2-3 minutes until oil separates.

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    Fry chicken in masala until color changes. (5 minutes.)

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    Now, mix in yogurt and almond coconut paste 2.

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    Mix well. Add 1/4 cup water and chicken will cook in natural water of yogurt.

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    Cover and cook until chicken is tender for 10-15 minutes.

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    Add cream when chicken is cooked but it is optional.

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    Add all spice powder, black pepper powder and almonds halves.

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    Simmer  on low flame until oil separates. White badami korma is ready to serve. Garnish with fried onions.

    White chicken korma with almonds Recipe

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    Comments

    1. Val says

      April 22, 2020 at 4:43 am

      4 stars
      Very simple, well explained and delicious recipe. Tried and tested. Thank you Mariam

      Reply
      • Recipe 52 says

        May 4, 2020 at 6:13 am

        Thanks a lot for the feedback, I’m glad you find my recipe helpful.

        Reply
    2. Sumith says

      April 12, 2017 at 7:24 pm

      Brilliant post!!

      Reply
      • Mariam Sodawater says

        April 12, 2017 at 7:44 pm

        Thanks Summit ?

        Reply

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