The ultimate makeover: Chicken korma - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 2 medium onions, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves
• about 2cm piece fresh root ginger (to give you 2 tbsp finely chopped)
• 5 cardamom pods
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 600g boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
• 2 tsp ground coriander
• 1 ½ tsp garam masala
• ¼ tsp ground mace
• ½ tsp ground black pepper
• 150ml natural yogurt, not fridge cold
• 100ml full-fat milk
• 2 small green chillies, deseeded and shredded
• handful coriander leaves and stems, coursely chopped
• 1 tbsp flaked almonds, toasted
• 250g basmati rice, cooked with a generous pinch saffron