Creamy Chicken Korma Recipe

• 1 tbsp ground ginger & garlic
• 6 tbsp vegetable oil
• 3 bay leaves
• 5 cm cinnamon stick
• 8 cardamom pods, crushed in a pestle and mortar
• 4 cloves
• 1/4 tsp black cumin seeds (or regular cumin seeds)
• 130g onions, peeled and finely chopped
• 1 tbsp ground coriander
• 1 tbsp ground cumin
• 3 tinned plum tomatoes, chopped
• 1.5 kg/3lb 5oz chicken pieces, skinned and cut into serving portions
• 1/4 - 1 tsp chilli powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 3 tbsp single cream
• 250ml water

1. Put the oil in a wide frying pan or saute pan and set over high heat.
2. When very hot, put in the bay leaves, cinnamon, cardamom pods, cloves and cumin seeds. Stir once or twice and put in the onions.
3. Stir and fry for about three minutes or until the onions turn brownish.
4. Put in the ginger & garlic , and the ground coriander and ground cumin and fry for a minute.
5. Put in the chopped tomatoes and fry for another minute.
6. Add in the chicken, chilli powder, salt and 250ml water.
7. Bring to a boil. Cover, turn the heat to medium and cook for 15 minutes, turning the chicken pieces over now and then.
8. Remove the cover, add the cream and cook on high heat for another 7-8 minutes or until the sauce has thickened. Stir gently as you do this.

ground ginger, vegetable oil, bay leaves, cinnamon, pods, cloves, black cumin seeds, onions, ground coriander, ground cumin, tomatoes, chicken, chilli powder, salt, cream, water

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/creamy-chicken-korma-recipe-50046354 (may not work)