Chicken Korma

  • Gluten free

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

  • Good for lunch

Less suited for dinner.

4 servings of Chicken Korma, served without an uncounted side.

4 servingsFinal yield 1,200 g

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Ingredients

  • 700 gChicken, broiler or fryers, breast, skinless, boneless, meat only, raw
  • 180 gYogurt, plain, whole milk
  • 100 gNuts, cashew nuts, raw
  • 180 gOnions, raw
  • 30 gButter, Clarified butter (ghee)
  • 20 gGinger root, raw
  • 7 gSalt, table
  • 15 gGarlic, raw
  • 5 gSpices, cumin seed
  • 6 gSpices, coriander seed
  • 2 gSpices, cardamom

Method

  1. Finely chop onion. Mix chicken with ginger, garlic, cumin, coriander, cardamom and 4 g salt.
  2. Blend cashews with yogurt to a smooth paste and keep it off the heat. Add 3 g salt and stir.
  3. Heat ghee to 170 °C, fry onion for 6 minutes until golden and brown chicken for a further 6 minutes.
  4. Reduce heat to 90 °C, stir in yogurt-cashew paste in portions and stir 10 minutes so the sauce does not split.
  5. Cook covered 18 minutes to a mild pale sauce and a 74 °C chicken centre; all ghee and sauce are served.

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Nutrition

Calculated from the selected ingredients; not a laboratory measurement.

Whole recipe

Energy
1,926 kcal
Protein
187.1 g
Fat
100.8 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
70.8 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
10.7 g
Saturated fatty acids
33.8 g
Sodium
3,146.1 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
7.9 g

Per serving

Energy
481.5 kcal
Protein
46.8 g
Fat
25.2 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
17.7 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
2.7 g
Saturated fatty acids
8.4 g
Sodium
786.5 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
2 g

Per 100 g of finished food

Energy
160.5 kcal
Protein
15.6 g
Fat
8.4 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
5.9 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
0.89 g
Saturated fatty acids
2.8 g
Sodium
262.2 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
0.66 g

Salt is calculated from sodium (g salt = mg sodium × 2.5 / 1000) and includes sodium from all ingredients.

A dash means the value is unknown, not zero.

Calculation limitations

  • Nutrition is a calculated estimate, not a laboratory measurement.
  • The final yield is an editorial estimate.
  • The number of servings is an editorial estimate (midpoint of the source range or based on the dish type and energy).
  • Fibre, saturated fat and sodium of cooked ingredients are estimated from the consumed ingredient amounts; for drained ingredients, sodium is included only where the retained amount is an explicit editorial estimate.
  • Some process effects could not be resolved in this calculation.

Allergens

Contains: Milk, Tree nuts

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

Food data sources

  • USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy (2018-04) · USDA Agricultural Research Service, FoodData Central SR Legacy. · CC0 1.0 Universal