Chicken Korma in Chatham, NJ

Korma is proof that Indian food was feeding royalty long before it fed the world — a Mughal court dish where chicken is braised gently in a cream-and-cashew sauce perfumed with cardamom and a whisper of rose water. It's the softest landing on our menu.

If butter chicken is the famous introduction to Indian food, korma is the even gentler one nobody tells you about. There's no chili edge at all by default — just nutty sweetness from the cashews, florals from the rose water, and warmth from whole spices. It's the dish we recommend for spice-averse guests, grandparents, and kids graduating from plain naan. Don't mistake mild for boring: the sauce has real depth, and over basmati rice it's quiet perfection.