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Chicken Stew
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Total Time
1 hr
 

Warm, Comforting n Hearty…! A Kerala Style Chicken Stew, Packed with Spices, Simmered in a Creamy Coconut Milk… A Traditional Easter Dish…!! 

Course: Breakfast, Side Dish
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: chicken stew, christmas, kerala easter stew
Servings: 4
Author: Akhila
Ingredients
  • 1 lb chicken (bone-in preferred, cut into small pieces)
  • 1 medium sized onion (sliced)
  • 2 garlic cloves (finely chopped)
  • 1 small piece of ginger (finely chopped)
  • 3-4 green chilies (finely chopped)
  • ½ cup carrots (sliced into round)
  • ½ cup potato (cubed)
  • ¼ cup peas
  • 1 cup thin coconut milk
  • ½ - ¾ cup thick coconut milk
  • 1 each Spices (cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, peppercorns, bay leaf, star anise)
  • Pepper (as required)
  • Salt (as required)
  • 1 sprig of curry leaves
For Tempering
  • 1 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
  • 3 pearl onions (sliced)
  • 3-4 cashews
  • 1 sprig of curry leaves
Instructions
  1. Heat oil in a pan, add the spices and saute until they become aromatic.
  2. Add sliced onions to the pan and saute until it turns translucent.
  3. Add chopped ginger, garlic, green chilies and curry leaves. Saute for 2 minutes.
  4. Add the chopped vegetables and chicken, and season with salt and pepper.
  5. Follow by adding thin coconut milk and stir. Close the lid and cook on a low flame until the chicken turns white and cooked.
  6. Add the thick coconut milk. Adjust the quantity added to suit your choice of creaminess.
  7. Check salt, stir and cook for 2 more minutes on a low flame. Turn off the flame.
  8. To prepare the garnish, heat the ghee / clarified butter in another pan. Add pearl onions and saute until they brown, then add cashews and curry leaves and saute. Add this tempering to the prepared chicken stew, mix well and serve hot.
  9. Serve with Appam, Idiyappam, Naan or any other bread.
Notes
  • This recipe also works well with other meats, substitute the chicken with mutton, turkey or beef. If you are vegetarian, replace the meat with vegetables of your choice.
  • Preferably use chicken /meat with bone in, as it adds more flavour.
  • It is ideal to use freshly squeezed coconut milk for this recipe, but you can substitute with canned coconut milk or coconut milk powder. I have used canned coconut milk in this recipe, which was very thick. To thin the milk, dilute with equal amounts of thick coconut milk and water.