Chicken chaap - korma | Borough Market

Ingredients

• ¼ tsp good-quality saffron strands or a few drops of orange food colouring
• 10 tbsp sunflower oil or other neutral oil
• 5 onions, thinly sliced into half moons
• 1.2 litres thick Turkish or Greek yoghurt
• 2 tbsp chopped garlic
• 2 tbsp chopped fresh ginger
• 6 skinless, bone-in chicken thighs
• 1 tbsp ground coriander
• 2 tsp mild chilli powder (preferably Kashmiri)
• 4 tsp salt
• 4 tsp sugar
• 2 tsp flaked almonds, to garnish
• 2 tsp cloves
• 4 black cardamom pods
• 1 nutmeg
• 2 large pieces mace
• 6 Indian bay leaves