Madhya Pradesh Gosht Korma Safed White Onion Cream Bhopal

Ingredients

• 800g chicken — bone-in pieces
• 1 cup thick yogurt
• 2 medium onions — thinly sliced, fried until golden, drained and ground to paste
• 1/4 cup cashews — soaked in warm water 20 minutes and blended to smooth paste
• 3 tbsp ghee
• 4 green cardamom pods
• 1 cinnamon stick — 3 cm
• 3 cloves
• 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
• 1/2 tsp white pepper
• 1/4 cup cream
• 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
• Salt
• 1 tsp kewra water

Method

1. Heat 3 tbsp ghee. Add cardamom, cinnamon and cloves — fry 20 seconds.
2. Add ginger-garlic paste. Cook 2 minutes.
3. Add fried onion paste. Cook on medium for 5 minutes stirring until oil surfaces.
4. Add cashew paste. Cook stirring for 3 minutes.
5. Reduce to low. Add whisked yogurt in 3 additions stirring continuously. Cook on low for 5 minutes.
6. Add chicken pieces. Toss to coat. Add white pepper and 1/2 cup water.
7. Cover and cook on medium-low for 28 to 32 minutes until chicken is completely tender.
8. Add cream and cardamom powder. Stir. Simmer uncovered 5 minutes.
9. Add kewra water. Season with salt.