Chicken Stew
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Serves: 3-4
 
Ingredients
  • Chicken – 500g
  • Oil – 5 tbsp
  • Cardamom – 4
  • Cloves – 3
  • Cinnamon – 1” stick
  • Peppercorns – 4-5
  • Fennel seeds – ¼ tsp
  • Onion – 1
  • Green Chilli - 3
  • Ginger garlic paste – 3 tsp
  • Potato – 1 medium
  • Carrot – 1 small
  • Thin Coconut Milk – 1 ½ cup
  • Thick coconut Milk – ¾ cup
  • Curry Leaves – few
  • Ghee – 2 tbsp
  • Small Onion - 5
  • Cashew nuts – 5
  • Raisins - 5
  • Salt
Instructions
  1. Cut chicken, potato and carrot into medium-sized pieces
  2. Heat oil in a pan and add cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, pepper corns, fennel seeds and sauté for few seconds
  3. Add sliced onion and curry leaves and saute for 1 or 2 mins till onion becomes soft.
  4. Add ginger garlic paste, salt and green chilli and saute for a min
  5. Add chicken pieces, potato and carrot and mix well.
  6. Add thin coconut milk and cook with the pan covered in medium flame till chicken and vegetables becomes soft and is cooked well
  7. Add thick coconut milk and cook in low flame for 4-5 min
  8. Heat ghee in another pan and add sliced small onion. Saute till it becomes light brown in color. Add raisins and cashew nuts and saute for few more seconds. Pour it over the curry prepared. Serve hot.
Recipe by Vimmy's Recipe World at http://vimmysrecipeworld.com/chicken-stew-kerala-recipe/