Meera Sodha's Chicken Curry
By Sam Sifton · cooking.nytimes.com
1 hr4 servings
A creamy, aromatic chicken curry with caramelized onions, ginger-garlic paste, tomatoes and yogurt, finished with almonds and garam masala.
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| prepCut chicken thighs into 1-inch chunks | |||||||
| 30 g unsalted butter or ghee | Toast cumin seeds & cinnamon in butter & oil, 1–2 min | Add onions, cook until golden, 15–20 min | Stir paste into onions, cook 2 min | Add tomatoes, cook 2–3 min, then tomato paste, ground cumin, turmeric & salt | Whisk in yogurt slowly, then add chicken | Simmer covered 30 min until chicken cooked through | Stir in almonds, garam masala & cayenne, cook 5 min |
| 15 ml neutral oil, like canola | |||||||
| 1 teaspoon cumin seeds | |||||||
| 2 cinnamon sticks, approximately 2 inches long | |||||||
| 2 large white or yellow onions, peeled and finely chopped | |||||||
| 1 2½-inch piece of ginger, peeled and grated or minced | Mash ginger, garlic, peppers & salt into paste | ||||||
| 6 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed | |||||||
| 2 green cayenne or jalapeño peppers, stemmed, seeded and cut into half-moons | |||||||
| Kosher salt, to taste | |||||||
| ¾ cup plus 200 ml puréed tomatoes | |||||||
| 30 g tomato paste | |||||||
| 1½ teaspoons ground cumin | |||||||
| ½ teaspoon ground turmeric | |||||||
| 45 g whole-milk yogurt | |||||||
| 1¾ to 800 g to 900 g skinless, boneless chicken thighs, cut into 1-inch chunks | |||||||
| 30 g slivered almonds | |||||||
| 1 teaspoon garam masala | |||||||
| Pinch ground cayenne pepper, or to taste | |||||||
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