Monday, October 3, 2011

Chicken Korma?

Hi all! I recently tried out this recipe called chicken korma. I got this bottle of curry paste that claimed to be chicken korma and I was so tempted to try it out. I had chicken korma at an Indian/Pakistan restaurant and fell in love with it so that's why I had to try this recipe. The bottle came with it's own recipe so I just followed that one. But, once a Trini, always a Trini. I used our bottle of green seasoning (Chinese celery blended with garlic and bandanya [don't know the English to that but AKA, shadow benny]) because we Trinis just can't get enough of that stuff to season our meat. So all you have to do is brown the chicken with a bit of oil and then add the bottle of curry paste to the pot and let it simmer until it's done cooking...and that's exactly what I did. And to my relief it turned out great! I was a bit skeptical because after adding the bottle of curry paste to my chicken, this really not-supposed-to-be-coming-from-food-smell filled the air. It definitely didn't smell like curry at all but more like a vinegar smell. I thought to myself, this is not chicken korma!!! After several minutes of panicking and wondering what to do I decided to just let it simmer for a while. My sister told me to add more onions and cilantro because you can never have too much of that. Lo and behold! It started smelling a lot better! 
About an hour after I started cooking, I turned off the stove and decided to taste this sucker. What met my taste buds was a very tangy but sweet flavor. The onions were very much needed to add texture and to not just have a boring dish of boiled sweet and tangy chicken. It didn't hit the spot that I wanted when I had the chicken korma at the Indian restaurant, but overall, everyone was happy with the meal. I served it with basmati rice and instead of naan, I found something way better. Because I can never find restaurant quality naan in the Indian groceries, I used tortillas! I just butter the pan lay one tortilla flat and then butter the side that faces up, wait until you get air bubbles then flip it over and wait a few more mins. It's kind of fattening, but really delicious if you want to risk it. I took a picture of the chicken with the rice, but not with the tortilla-naan to show what it looks like. Sorry :( But, I hope it inspires you to make something similar. Peace! 
The finished product! :D

6 comments:

Mohamed said...

That looks awesome Fadzy

MikeeeWikeee said...

It looook soooooooooooooo guud grl...u cn mamaguy me n e time. Ill treet yah reeeeel guuuud.

Mr.Mykell said...

yah grl, don listen to dem utter boys...dey don no how ta treet a gurl like yaself az guud az mr.mykell here

Fadzy101 said...

wow, really...?

Fadzy101 said...

smh...smh...

Sherry said...

Speaking from one who tried it..... It was scrumdillyumptious!!!!!!!!