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Shahi Kofta Korma / Creamy Chicken Kofta Curry / Fried Chicken Balls Cooked in a Cashew & Cream Sauce – Mughlai Recipes

April 10, 2012 By Aarthi 21 Comments

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Are you in diet or watching your girly figure, Just look away, This is not for you..But if you are like me want to indulge in something creamy and rich and fatty, then come along with me, i will feed you with some creamy goodness..This is one of the rich and creamy curry i have ever made or ever thought of..They are like creamy heaven..Deep fried chicken kofta balls soaked or drowned in a creamy rich cashew sauce..How good is that..Can you say no to this?
But one more advice i have to give you as a health watching blogger is, please don’t make it often. You can dig into it once in a while..That won’t be a problem..But those mughlai people enjoyed these type of recipes daily..HUH!!!How lucky they are…

Can you see how many creamy i have used in the above write up..Yes because this dish is so creamyyyyyyyyyyy…HA HA…So with no more delay i am giving you the recipe which i loved so much..Here you go..
Ingrediants:
For Chicken Kofta:
Minced Chicken – 500 gms
Onion – 1 small chopped finely
Coriander leaves / Cilantro – ½ cup chopped finely
Cumin powder / Jeera podi – 1 tsp
Chilli powder – 1 tsp
Coriander powder / Malli podi – 1 tsp
Garam masala powder – 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Cornflour / Cornstarch – for coating the outer layer of koftas
Oil for deep frying
For Shahi Sauce:
Onion – 1 large chopped
Tomatoes – 2 chopped
Ginger Garlic Paste – 1 tblspn
Coriander leaves / Cilantro – ½ cup chopped finely
Cumin powder / Jeera podi – 1 tsp
Chilli powder – 1 tsp
Coriander powder / Malli podi – 1 tsp
Garam masala powder – 1 tsp
Cashews – 15 soaked in water and ground into a paste
Heavy Cream – 4 tblspn
Salt to taste
Oil – 1 tblspn
Coriander leaves / Cilantro – for garnishing
Method:
Start by making the koftas. Mix all ingrediants given in the list except cornflour and oil and mix well. Form small balls out of it. Coat it in cornflour and deep fry them in hot oil. Drain and set aside.
Now make the sauce. Heat a tblspn of oil. Add onions, ginger garlic paste and sauté for a min.Add in tomatoes and mix well. Add in all spice powder and salt and mix well. Cook everything till mushy. Take it in a blender and puree it up.
Transfer this puree to a kadai. Add enough water and bring it to a boil. Drop the fried koftas in and mix well.Simmer this for  10 mins.
Add in ground cashew paste and mix well. Simmer it for 10 mins. Add in heavy cream and switch off the flame immediately. Mix well.
Add lots of coriander leaves and serve with naan or pulav.
Pictorial:
Take all your ingrediants for kofta
add everything to a bowl except cornflour and oil
Mix well……form small balls out of it
Coat them in cornflour
Deep fry them in oil and set aside
Take all your ingrediants for sauce
Saute onions in oil
add ginger garlic paste
and tomatoes
add all spice powders
salt
and cook till everything turn mushy
Grind them in a blender
Add them to a kadai along with some water..bring it to a boil
add koftas in
Cover and simmer
add cashew paste
and mix well
add cream and switch off the flame
throw in lots of cilantro
mix well
Serve
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About Aarthi

Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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  1. Anonymous

    April 10, 2012 at 3:10 pm

    super aarthi

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  2. Anna

    April 10, 2012 at 3:56 pm

    Que ricas se ven. Me encanta cómo cocinas, y también tu new look. Un beso

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  3. Priya

    April 10, 2012 at 4:45 pm

    Cant take my eyes from ur super rich looking kurma..DELICIOUS!!

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  4. faseela

    April 10, 2012 at 5:04 pm

    yummy creamy and rich gravy.,…yumm

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  5. Hamaree Rasoi

    April 10, 2012 at 5:36 pm

    You read my mind …I wanted to have chicken balls last weekend only. Superb looking gravy

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  6. Suja Manoj

    April 10, 2012 at 5:38 pm

    Rich and delicious kofta curry..drool

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  7. Anonymous

    April 10, 2012 at 5:48 pm

    super

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  8. Swathi Iyer

    April 10, 2012 at 6:39 pm

    Kofta curry looks delicious and creamy.

    Reply
  9. maha

    April 10, 2012 at 6:58 pm

    Wow!!such a healthy and delicious kurma,will try it soon….
    maha

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  10. Catherine

    April 10, 2012 at 8:46 pm

    Dear Aarthi, What a delicious looking dish. Blessings, Catherine xo

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  11. R

    April 10, 2012 at 10:08 pm

    looks extremely delicious!

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  12. Arch

    April 11, 2012 at 3:04 am

    Yummmmy !! This looks one real rich dish ! Like the new look of your blog, been a while since I visited…

    Reply
  13. Mamatkamal

    April 11, 2012 at 9:26 am

    Looks delicious!
    Cheers

    Reply
  14. bh!mi.....today's spirit

    January 12, 2014 at 8:11 pm

    Thanks … Dis is posted wid picture so it will help to cook better.

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  15. Zakir Hussain

    July 2, 2015 at 2:59 am

    @bh!mi…..today's spiritYummmmmyyyyy

    Reply
  16. Zakir Hussain

    July 2, 2015 at 2:59 am

    @bh!mi…..today's spiritYummmmmyyyyy

    Reply
  17. Sarbjeet

    September 6, 2015 at 1:19 pm

    can we skip cashews? actually we r allergic to cashews so wna skip this thing

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  18. Anam

    September 6, 2015 at 2:25 pm

    Can we do the same recipe using chicken pieces instead of kofta?

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  19. Aarthi

    September 8, 2015 at 3:31 pm

    @Anamyes u can do

    Reply
  20. Aarthi

    September 8, 2015 at 3:31 pm

    @Sarbjeetyes u can skip cashews

    Reply

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