Recipe: Shahi Korma
Summary: Awesome Mutton/Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- Mutton (cut into medium size pieces)- 1 lb. (454 grams)
- Onions (sliced) – 8 oz. (277 grams)
- Garlic (ground paste) – 2 tablespoonfuls
- Curd or yogurt – 2 ½ cups
- Saffron – A pinch (soaked in 2 tablespoonfuls of water)
- Cream – 2 cups
- Ghee or butter – 6 oz. (170 grams)
- Blanched almonds – 2 oz. (57 grams)
- Coriander (powder) – 1 oz. (58 grams)
- Cloves – 5
- Cinnamon – 1
- Black pepper – ¼ teaspoonful
- Red chili (powder) – ¼ teaspoonful
- Ground Onions – 4 tablespoonfuls
- Turmeric (powder) – 1 teaspoonful
- Bay leaves – 2
- Mace (powder) – 1 teaspoonful
- Nutmeg – ¼ teaspoonfuls
- Salt – To taste
Instructions
- Soak mutton in garlic paste, yogurt or cued, coriander powder, red chili powder and salt for 4 to 5 hours.
- Fry the sliced onions to a brown color in the given quantity of fat.
- Add mutton mixture and all other ingredients except cream, almonds and saffron.
- Cook all these on a low fire till the meat is tender.
- Add saffron, cream and blanched almonds and simmer it on a low fire about 10 to 15 mins.
- Serve it hot with chapattis or nan.
Preparation time: 45 minute(s)
Cooking time: 45 minute(s)


