Chicken Korma

Ingredients
1 chicken cut into small pieces (12-16)
500 gm pk of yogurt
3 cloves garlic; minced
2 inches ginger; grated
3 green chillies; minced
2 tblspn oil
1 tspn cumin seeds
1 stick cinnamon
3 cloves
3 pods cardamom
4 large onions; minced
2 tomatoes; minced
8 small potatoes (optional)
2 tblspns ground almonds
1/2 spn tumeric
2 tspn coriander and cumin powder
1/2 tspn garam masala
1 tbspn chopped coriander for garnish
salt to taste
Method
1. Marinate the chicken in 3 tbpsn of yogurt with the garlic, ginger and chillies
2. Heat the oil in a pan, add the cumin seeds, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves, let them fry for a minute or so and add the onions.
3. Cook the onion (stirring often) till they are brown, add the tomatoes, cook for a few minutes and add the tumeric, cumin and coriander powders.
4. Add the chicken and potatoes, stir, lower the heat and let it cook.
5. Add the ground almonds, salt and rest of the yogurt slowly a bit at time stir carefully as not to break the chicken pieces as they get cooked.
6. Add the garam masala
7. garnish with chopped coriander