Chicken korma

I recently returned from a trip to Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. We had been planning a weekend trip to jamshedpur  for ages.....but it was not happening..... till last month.

One fine day, We planned a casual day out but as winters are the season for picnics, we decided to have one.

Today's sun called for a celebration and so we oldies packed our lunch into tiffin boxes and set off to have a nice picnic by the lake. It's gonna be a midday/afternoon affair, declared Chotomashi ,as she single handedly filled everything into bags and packed the picnic baskets, while we readied ourselves for a day in the sun.
A bit unusual for me, cause I have not had such a picnic for years now.  Used to do it quite many years  back when we lived in North Bengal. It was a very pleasant outing to be honest. To celebrate the appearance of the sun, we decided to go to Jubilee Park.

We started out a bit later from the house......  a bit late as picnics are a whole day affair usually .....starting early at around  9 am .

Birds I spotted

Some of the birds I spotted on the trees nearby

Beautiful Poppies

The gardens were full of these

Notice the stools that make this picnic an unusual one

Family picnics with a picnic basket and a blanket to sit /recline on are trust me equally good as large picnics are.

Bad feet haven't dampened the spirits

The Picnic Menu is kept simple 

Mixed Fried Rice

Fish Fry

Chichen Korma

Salad

Vegetable Chop

Tomato Chutney

Sandesh

Here I am putting down just one of the dishes................Chicken Korma.

This is a bit different cause choto mashi "aunt in law" used Shaan Chicken Korma Masala that I had purchased here in Kolkata and gifted her. But mind you I had only heard of this masala (Spice) and not used it in my kitchen.

Ingredients :

Chicken..................................1 kg,small pieces
Potatoes,halved..............................................4,medium size
Onion.(Medium size)....................................5,finely sliced
Curd.....................................1/4 cup
Ginger Paste.......................1' piece
Garlic Paste...........................1/2 tbsp
White Oil.....................................1 cup
Kewra Water....................2-4 drops
Shaan Masala.........................1/4 of the packet


Finely slice the onions. Fry the onios stirring continuously till golden in colour. Remove from oil and drain the oil.
In the same oil, add garlic and fry for a few seconds before adding the Chicken pieces,  fried Onion , Curd, Ginger and Shaan Korma masala. Cover and cook on low heat till oil rises . Simple  to cook but great in taste.

Picnic weather ......a bit sunny with a lovely cool breeze blowing .    

                                            

It turned out to be A day to remember  .