Chicken and Banana Korma

Name: Chicken and Banana Korma
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 600 g/1 lb 5 oz chicken (breasts or thighs), diced; 2 bananas, peeled and chopped into thick slices; 1 tsp ground turmeric; 1½ tsp salt; 3 tbsp ground almonds; 1 tbsp sugar (any type); 100 g/3½ oz creamed coconut; 200 ml/7 fl oz/scant 1 cup crème fraîche; cooked rice, to serve; fresh coriander/cilantro, to sprinkle; 4 garlic cloves, crushed; 2 thumb-sized pieces of fresh root ginger, peeled and grated; 2 tbsp garam masala; ¼ tsp chilli powder; 100 ml/3½ fl oz/scant ½ cup vegetable oil; 2 onions, diced

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Bold

By Nisha Katona

Published 2024

About

My easy chicken korma is a classic recipe that I make time and again, full of comforting creaminess and gentle warming spice, but it’s not what I would call bold. So, I ask you this – what about adding an ingredient you might never have thought would work in a savoury dish – banana. Banana? I hear you cry. Yes, banana! It brings a sweet nuttiness to the sauce and a gentle fruitiness that complements the spicing. It also means that you can use less refined sugar to get the familiar sw