====== Chicken Korma ====== This is the one that Eliz says is restaurant-quality. ===== Ingredients ===== * 2-3 large onions, chopped roughly * 1 pound roasted, unsalted cashews (or salted and cut down salt later) * 6-7 pounds chicken breast or tenders or thighs, cut into 1 inch cubes * coconut oil or other oil for frying * garlic * chicken broth * ginger * black pepper * hing * fennel seed * cumin * coriander * turmeric * garam masala * crushed tomatoes * worcestershire sauce ===== Method ===== - Cover cashews with water, Let sit at least 2 hours. - Cut chicken into 1 inch cubes. Place in a steel bowl and mix with garlic, ginger, black pepper, coriander, turmeric, hing and crushed tomato. Let it all sit while you do the next bits. - Fry chopped onions with some salt until significant color appears; you can let it go all the way to caramelized, but it's not necessary. - Drain the cashews, and cover with chicken broth. Blend the cashews, the broth, and the caramelized onions until smooth. If it's too much like a paste, add more chicken broth. - In a big pot, heat coconut oil for frying. Working in batches, cook chicken pieces one layer deep until the outside is cooked; don't cook all the way through. When the last batch is colored nicely, put the rest of the chicken in and the cashew-onion-broth liquid. - Turn the heat down to medium and stir. Time to add remaining spices and flavors and adjust until you want to drink down the sauce. - Turn the heat down to low or off and cover, depending on serving time.