Malabar Chicken Stew

                                                                          
                                                             

                                                

Wow! what a delicious breakfast it was ! Hot appam and yummy chicken stew...what's better to start a lovely Friday with.

I am sure we have come across different varieties of stew. What we have here today is the very famous "Malabar Chicken Stew ". This goes well with our yummy Ghee rice, Appam , Pathiris...Yes, the list goes long...

Coconuts grow in abundance in Kerala, and consequently coconut milk is used in abundance in all our dishes, especially in Malabar. Guess, we all are used to our ready made coconut milk powder, which is so easily available, but try out this stew with the thick fresh coconut milk ..It does taste great !

Why don't we try it out....

Ingredients:

1. Chicken - 500 gms
2. Onion - 2 medium sliced
3. Potato - 1 large chopped
4. Ginger garlic chopped - 1tsp each
5. Green chilly- 5/6 as per your spice meter
6. Curry leaves- a handful
7. Corriander leaves chopped - 1 tbsp
8. Coconut milk - 1 cup
9. Whole pepper - 8
10. Cinnamon stick - 1 small piece
11. Cloves - 3 pieces
12. Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
13. Garam masala powder - 1/4 tsp
14. Oil - 2 tbsp
15. Salt as required

Preparation method:

First clean the chicken, cut into medium size pieces. Wash and drain in a colander.

Heat oil in your cooking pan. Add the whole spices - pepper, cinnamon and cloves. Fry for 1 min. Once, you start getting the aroma of the whole spices, add in the sliced onions, green chilly, ginger garlic and curry leaves.

Saute it well, till the onions start turning golden brown. Now add in the chopped potatoes. Saute it well again.

Now, add the chicken pieces and mix it well, so that the onion mix gets coated well over the chicken. Saute for another 5 mins. Now add water, just enough to cover the chicken. Add 1/2 tsp salt.

Once the water starts boiling, lower the flame and cover the pan. Once the chicken gets cooked, add the coconut milk, pepper powder and garam masala powder. Check the salt.

Once the stew starts boiling, remove from flame and garnish with chopped corriander leaves.

Serve it hot with Appam / Ghee Rice ....