Kerala Chicken Stew

Try Kerala Chicken Stew with authentic Appams

Kerala Chicken Stew

Category- Non- vegetarian

Ingredients

Chicken 1 kg, skinned

Onions 2, finely sliced

Curry leaves 5-6 sprigs

Fresh coconut 1 cup, grated

Coconut milk 1 cup, very thick

Coconut milk 2 cups, thin

Ginger 1” long, sliced

Garlic 1 tsp, chopped

Oil 3-4 tbsp

Cinnamon (dalchini) 2” long stick

Cloves (lavang) 5-6

Cardamom (elaichi) 3-4

Salt to taste

Green chillies 4-5, slit

Potatoes 2, peeled, cut into 1 ½” cubes

Ground pepper to taste

Method

Clean and wash chicken and cut it into 1 ½” pieces along with bone. Heat oil in pan, sauté onions, curry leaves, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, garlic, green chillies and pepper.

Sauté till the onions turn transparent, add the chicken pieces, and pour in 2 cups of thin coconut milk, add the potatoes and salt and pepper to taste.

Cook over very sim flame till the chicken and potatoes are done. Mash some potatoes with back of ladle; this will make the gravy thick. Now add the thick coconut milk and continue cooking over low flame, keep stirring and cooking, till the gravy thickens.

Ensure that the gravy is cooked over low flame to avoid curdling of coconut milk, serve chicken stew with hot appam.