CHICKEN STEW KERALA STYLE/ CHICKEN STEW WITH COCONUT MILK

Kerala Style Chicken Stew is a very mild yet full of flavors Chicken curry which is cooked in coconut milk with minimum spices. Ingredients like green chilies, curry leaves, coconut, cardamom, cinnamon, etc are used.This is usually served along with Ghee Rice, Hoopers or Appam and it tastes absolutely delicious.

INGREDIENTS

• 3 tbsp Coconut oil              
  
• 2 Green cardamom
• 2-3 Clove
• 1 inch Cinnamon
• 1 Onion (Thinly sliced)
• 1 tsp Ginger crushed
• 1 Green chili (Slit into half)
• 1 Tbsp pepper powder
• Curry leaves
•  Chicken
• 1 cup Thin coconut milk
• Salt to taste
• 1 Potato (Peeled and cubed)
• 1 Carrot (Peeled and cubed) ( optional)
• 1 cup Thick Coconut milk - 1 cup

METHOD

• Heat coconut oil in a pan.                     
  
• Once the oil is hot, add cardamom, cloves, cinnamon
• Fry for a few seconds.
• Add onion and fry until they turn translucent.
• To that add crushed ginger and green chili and fry for a minute.
• Now add chicken, and saute till it changes its color
• Add potato and carrot and mix well.
• Add pepper and salt
• Now add in thin coconut milk 
• Cover and cook for 10-15 minutes. / cook for two whistles if using pressure cooker
• Once chicken is cooked well, add in thick coconut milk and cook for another 3-4 minutes on low flame
• Sprinkle little coconut oil and curry leaves and turn off the stove

Serve hot with Appam / Ghee Rice