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  • idunnololz@lemmy.worldOPtoCooking @lemmy.world•Chicken curry
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    Indian style Chicken Curry

    Ingredients

    Marinade

    • 2lb (~1kg) skinless, boneless chicken thigh (or chicken breast)
    • 2 teaspoons salt (+ more to taste)
    • 1 cup greek yogurt (or regular yogurt)

    Spice mix

    • 1 tablespoon curry powder
    • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
    • 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
    • 1 teaspoon ground coriander
    • 2 teaspoon kashmiri chili powder (or paprika and adjust heat with cayenne pepper)
    • 2 bay leaves
    • 1 cinnamon stick

    Rest

    • 1 tablespoon ghee/oil
    • 1 ½ cups chopped onion (2 medium onions or 1 large)
    • 1 tablespoon minced garlic
    • 1 thumb of ginger
    • ⅓ cup tomato paste (buy the ones in the tube, the canned stuff usually suck) (or 1 cup pureed tomatoes)
    • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
    • ½ cup water
    • 2 teaspoon sugar

    Finish

    • 1 teaspoon garam masala (roughly)
    • 3 tablespoon unsalted butter
    • ½ cup Whipping cream
    • 1 lemon (optional)
    • More cilantro as garnish
    • More salt & sugar to taste

    Greek yogurt + tomato paste will make the sauce thicker so these are recommended.

    Directions

    1. Cube chicken breast if using otherwise use the chicken pieces whole. Marinade in yogurt and 2 teaspoons of salt for 2 hours or overnight.
    2. Bring the pan to medium-high heat and add oil (or ghee). Add onion, garlic, ginger and a pinch of salt. Cook and stir until the onion turns soft and translucent, about 8 to 10 minutes.
    3. Stir in curry powder, cumin, turmeric, coriander, cayenne, paprika, bay leaves, and cinnamon. Cook for about 1 minute while stirring.
    4. Reduce to medium heat. Add chicken to the pan. Cook until the chicken is opaque. Chicken does not need to be cooked through at this point.
    5. Add water into your marinade bowl (so it’s easier to empty it) and empty the rest of the marinade into the pan along with the water. Add tomato paste, cilantro, sugar to the pan. Stir to combine.
    6. Bring to a boil. Taste and add salt, sugar as needed.
    7. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes. Uncover and continue to cook to reduce the sauce until the desired consistency if necessary.
    8. Discard ginger, bay leaves, and cinnamon. Add butter, drizzle whipped cream, lemon juice (if using) and sprinkle on some garam masala. Serve over rice with fresh cilantro. (Chicken tastes even better after a day because it marinates in the sauce.)




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  • Yeah for authenticity ghee is probably preferred.

    The main reason why I don’t use ghee is because I don’t cook enough indian food to buy it regularly and I didn’t want to commit to an entire jar of it just to make a couple of dishes.

    I would say another thing I saw again and again during my research was the insistence of using bone-in chicken. I’m certain it would taste better but I’m too lazy for it 😅

    As for the marinading, I would say half the recipes I found marinaded and the other half didn’t. From a food science perspective it made sense to me to marinade the chicken. You could experiment with and without and see if there is a significant difference. I didn’t feel like it was that much more work for me which is why I marinaded.




  • Chicken Korma

    Ingredients

    For marinade

    • 1 kg chicken thigh
    • ⅓ cup full-fat greek yogurt
    • ½ tsp turmeric
    • 1 tbsp minced garlic (~2 cloves)
    • 1 tbsp minced ginger
    • 1 - 2 tsp kashmiri red chili powder (less for less spicy)
    • 1 tsp salt

    Rest

    • 4 medium onions or 2 really large ones
    • ½ cup full-fat greek yogurt
    • 20 cashews (raw is preferred) (can also substitute some cashews for almonds)
    • 1 - 2 tbsp oil
    • ½ - 1 tsp garam masala
    • 3 tsp coriander powder
    • Water as needed.
    • Salt to taste
    • Cilantro (chopped)

    Aromatics (optional) (add as many or as few)

    • 2 cassia bark (cinnamon) sticks
    • 2 bay leaves
    • 8 cloves
    • 5 green cardamom
    • 2 black cardamom

    Instructions

    1. Marinate chicken with yogurt, turmeric, garlic, ginger, chili power and salt for 30 minutes to 2 hours max. Over 2 hours, chicken can get rubbery.
    2. In a pot over medium high heat, add oil, green cardamoms, onions and salt. Caramelize onions (~10 - 15 minutes). Onions should be brown but not burnt.
    3. Take pot off stove and allow onions to cool to room temperature.
    4. Using a blender, blend the onions, green cardamom and cashews into a paste. Add water as needed.
    5. Add oil to pan, along with aromatics (cinnamon, bay leaves, cloves, black cardamom). Then turn heat to medium - high. Cook until cloves puffs up (~30 seconds).
    6. Add chicken and cook for another 5 - 6 minutes until the marinade has broken up and chicken is opaque on the outside (doesn’t need to be cooked through yet).
    7. Reduce heat to medium-low. Add onion paste, yogurt, coriander powder. Add water as needed to achieve preferred thickness. 1 cup of water is a good average.
    8. Bring to boil. Add salt/pepper to taste. Simmer for ~20 - 30 minutes.
    9. Turn heat off, add garam masala.
    10. Top with cilantro and serve with rice.