Before you ask me what stew is, I’ll tell you. Stew is a combination of solid food ingredients that are cooked in liquid and served as gravy. The ingredients may include vegetables, meat, or seafood. The cooking liquid generally used is coconut milk in Indian cuisine, typically Kerala cuisine. Chicken stew or rather any non-vegetarian stew is an integral part of the Kerala Christmas menu. Simple, aromatic and hearty stew that is sure to win many a heart. Chicken and potato cubes are slowly simmered in a subtly spiced coconut milk base. It is ideally served with Appam, idiyappam, puttu and pathiri.
It was yum and P was on cloud nine tasting the same. You ought to try it. 🙂 It was perfect 🙂
Recipe Courtesy: Sailus food.
Ingredients:
300gms boneless chicken pieces, cut into small cubes
2 large onions, finely sliced,
1 large potato, peeled and cubed,
1/2 tsp ginger paste,
3 cloves garlic, sliced, 6-7 green chilies, partially slit, 4-5 cloves, 1″ cinnamon, 2 cardamom, 8-10 pepper corns,
1/4 tsp turmeric powder, Large pinch fennel powder, 1/2 tsp garam masala powder,
1/2 cup thick coconut milk, 1 1/2 cups thin coconut milk,
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper powder, salt to taste,
15-18 curry leaves, 3tbsp oil
Method:
Heat oil in a heavy bottomed vessel.
Add few curry leaves, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, pepper corns and saute for few secs to get a nice aroma.
Add chopped garlic and ginger paste and saute. Add the green chillis and sliced onions and saute till light brown.
Add turmeric powder and mix well. Add the chicken pieces and cook over medium heat for about 10mins.
Add thin coconut milk and salt and mix. Cook without lid for about 5mins.
Add garam masala powder, fennel powder and potato cubes and cook covered till the potatoes are tender and gravy thickens.
Turn off heat. Add the thick coconut milk, few fresh curry leaves and pepper powder. Mix well.
Serve warm with appam, rice or roti.
Chef says:
You can use coconut milk powder, instead of extracting the milk from from freshly grated coconut. Use 1 1/2 tbsp of coconut milk powder in 1 1/2 cups of water to obtain thin coconut milk. Use 1 1/2tbsp of coconut milk powder in 3/4 cups of water for thick milk.
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delicious and I love stews
Interesting recipe..Looks delicious! I’ve never heard of using coconut milk for stew either. Thanks for the education! 🙂
I have never used ginger paste — just straight ginger. Is there a difference?
No, Carol. If you do not mind biting pieces of ginger in a curry, it is always good to add freshly chopped ginger.
I have a question that has nothing to do with this post but……. how long can I keep hot dried peppers. I have some that are 20 years old — is that ok? They are exceptionally hot and I don’t use them as often as regular hot peppers so I have had them a long time. Thanks
Hi Carol, I was told my Mom to use them within a span of six months as they tend to diminish the taste of spices over a period of time. It also would be prone to fungus. But your query made me wonder! 20 years! So I browsed and found few articles helpful. If they are still red and without any mold, it should be good to use. Please find the article below for more insight. Thanks for the question. It helped me learn something new. 🙂
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/908265
Yep – a Christmas morning speciality served with appam! delicious.
Yummm… 😀
🙂 x
Awe… this made me miss my mom 🙁 …. she’s in India for vacation now. Seeing this breakfast the morning after a long lent season …Ohh!!… absolute bliss! 🙂
I can understand. My mom is at Kerala- miles away from where I stay. I was craving for Appams and thought why not give it a try while I can 😀 And yummmm…
This made me miss my mom :(… she’s in India for vacation now. How I love seeing this breakfast the morning after the long lent season of Christmas or Easter. Oh!! Absolute Bliss! 🙂
This sounds amazing!! I would have never thought of using coconut milk in stew! I always think of stew with a chicken broth base, or based with beef broth. Now you have made me hungry! Lunch beckons!!!!! ♥
Aww.. Thanks Kathy. I hope you had a sumptuous lunch! 🙂
Aapam and stew makes a brilliant combo anytime
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