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chicken stew

Chicken Stew

Bursting with savory goodness and rich flavors, Chicken Stew has been a culinary favorite for generations.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Kerala
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 kg Chicken
  • 3 nos Onions Finely chopped
  • 1 no. Potatoes Cubed
  • 4 nos Green chillies Slit open length-wise
  • 5 nos. Pepper Corns Roughly crushed
  • 2 tsp Garlic paste
  • 2 tsp Ginger paste
  • 2 cups Grated coconut
  • 2 nos Tomatoes Chopped
  • 1 tsp Poppy seeds(ground) Khashakhasha
  • 2 small pieces Cinnamon Karugapatta
  • 3 nos Cloves Grambu
  • 3 stems Coriander leaves
  • Oil As reqd
  • 1 tbsp Lemon juice
  • Salt As reqd

Instructions
 

  • Extract 1 cup of thick coconut milk and 2 cups of thin coconut milk from the grated coconut. Keep aside.
  • Heat oil in a pan.
  • Add cinnamon sticks, cloves, pepper corns, onions and green chillies and stir fry, till onion turns brown.
  • Add ginger and garlic pastes and stir for a little while.
  • Add the chicken pieces and stir further.
  • Add the thin coconut milk, chopped tomatoes, cubed potatoes, ground poppy mixture and coriander leaves along with required salt.
  • Transfer the contents to a pressure cooker and cook for 7 minutes till done.
  • When chicken is cooked and 3/4th of water is dried up, add the thick milk of coconut, lemon juice and heat till boiling starts. Put off the flame before boiling starts.
  • Relish Chicken Stew with Palappam, idiyappam etc.

Notes

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