How to make Kerala Chicken Stew

Chicken How to make Kerala Chicken Stew

January 4, 2015 By sujithaeasycooking

Chicken Kerala Cuisines

Chicken Stew, Kerala Cuisine, There is a special taste behind the kerala Cuisines. Stew is one of my most favourite curry, best side dish for idli dosa, Poori, Roti, Idiyappam, Appam.

The flavor from coconut milk and spices blend to make a super yum delicious curry. This delicious Curry is a Wow match with paalappam, Kalappam, Pathiri too. How great to dunk the breakfast with this tasty stew.The taste of the curry can’t be expressed in words, but simply super yummy curry, which I ever tried. Special love for the Kerala cuisines will never end. hope this post helps you guys to learn this yummy curry.

What is a Stew?
Step by step method for Chicken Stew Recipe
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What is a Stew?

Stew is a coconut milk base curry, which will be runny in texture. Stew can be prepared in veg and non-veg ingredients. Even the non-veg stew will carry loads of vegetables like carrot, beans, cauliflower, peas. Exotic taste of this curry will be rich with mildly hot taste of green chilli. Stew will be either white in colour or in yellow in colour. Green chilli is the only ingredient which brings the hotness, to the meat or vegetables. While the end process freshly grounded pepper powder will be added to give some hotness to the gravy.

Step by step method for Chicken Stew Recipe

1. Heat a kadai with oil. temper with mustard, jeera, fennel seeds, cloves, cinnamon, cardamon, bay leaves, Wait until they pop. Add in the Sliced Onion and saute till they turn transparent.

2. Add in the ginger garlic paste, curry leaves and fry for few mins, add in the cleaned chicken, mix well.

3. Add in the green chilli, turmeric powder, pepper powder, salt mix well and sauté for 3-4 mins. Add in the thin coconut milk and bring this to boil.

4. Boil it for few mins and wait till the coconut milk reduce, it takes 10-12 mins to cook the chicken and to reduce the coconut milk quantity.

5. Add in the thick coconut milk and mix well, just keep for 4-5 mins in low flame and switch off the fame and add in the coriander leaves and cover with a lid for few mins and serve.

How to make Kerala Chicken Stew?

prep time30 mins
cook time30 mins
total time60 mins

CourseChicken Kerala Cuisines
cuisineKerala
Servings3

Chicken	200 grams
Oil	2 tsp
Mustard	1/2 tsp
Fennel seeds/Perrunjeeragam	1/2 tsp
Jeera	1/2 tsp
Cinnamon	1 inch
Cardamon	2 nos
Cloves	2 nos
Bay Leaf	1 leaf
Onion	100 gms
Ginger Garlic Paste	1 tsp
Curry Leaves	2-3 springs
Green chillies	2-3 nos
Turmeric powder	1/4 tsp
Garam masala/Chicken masala	1/2 tsp
Pepper Powder	1 tsp
Thin coconut milk	1 cup
Thick Coconut milk	3/4 cup - 1 cup
Salt	as needed
Coriander Leaves	2 springs

Instructions

Heat a kadai with oil. temper with mustard, jeera, fennel seeds, cloves, cinnamon, cardamon, bay leaves, Wait until they pop. Add in the Sliced Onion and saute till they turn transparent
Add in the ginger garlic paste, curry leaves and fry for few mins, add in the cleaned chicken, mix well.
Add in the green chilli, turmeric powder, pepper powder, salt mix well and sauté for 3-4 mins. Add in the thin coconut milk and bring this to boil.
Boil it for few mins and wait till the coconut milk reduce, it takes 10-12 mins to cook the chicken and to reduce the coconut milk quantity.
Add in the thick coconut milk and mix well, just keep for 4-5 mins in low flame and switch off the fame and add in the coriander leaves and cover with a lid for few mins and serve.

Notes

Adding turmeric Powder is Optional.
Thick coconut milk and Thin coconut milk are essential, Real Taste hide in the Coconut milk.
Adjust the Spice level by Green chili, Pepper powder.
Best to serve with Idli, Dosa, Appam, Idiyappam, Roti, Poori.