Bengali-style Chicken Korma Recipe

Ingredients

• 1kg chicken, skinned and jointed into 8 pieces
• fresh ginger, 1 inch piece, peeled
• 4 garlic cloves, peeled
• 2 red onions, peeled and chopped roughly
• 500g of Greek yoghurt
• 2 tbsp of cashew nuts, unsalted
• 2 tbsp of poppy seeds
• salt to taste
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 4 green cardamom pods
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 tsp coriander seeds
• 1/2 tsp black peppercorns
• 1 tsp pandan essence, or kewra water
• 2 tbsp of ghee
• 2 tbsp of vegetable oil