Chicken korma Archive

Ingredients

• 4 fairly small boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 600g/1lb 5oz)
• freshly ground black pepper
• 25g/1oz low-fat natural yoghurt
• 1 tbsp sunflower oil
• 2 large onions, chopped (400g/14oz prepared weight)
• 4 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced
• 20g/¾oz piece fresh root ginger, peeled and finely grated
• 12 cardamom pods, seeds crushed
• 1 tbsp ground cumin
• 1 tbsp ground coriander
• ½ heaped tsp ground turmeric
• ¼ tsp hot chilli powder
• 1 bay leaf
• 4 whole cloves
• 1 tbsp plain flour
• small pinch saffron
• 2 tsp caster sugar
• ½ tsp fine sea salt, plus extra to season
• 3 tbsp double cream
• fresh coriander, roughly torn, to garnish (optional)