kerala chicken stew

It is a very mild yet full of flavours Chicken curry which is cooked in coconut milk and with minimum spices.

Kerala Style Chicken Stew Recipe

tbsp Coconut oil

Green cardamom

Clove

Cinnamon

Black peppercorn

Bay leaf

Onion (Thinly sliced)

tsp Ginger (Finely chopped)

tsp Garlic (Finely chopped)

chilli

10-12 Curry leaves

g Chicken

coconut milk

Salt

Potato (Peeled and cubed)

Carrot (Peeled and cubed)

tbsp Cashew nut paste

Thick Coconut milk

pearl onions (Sliced)

Heat coconut oil in a pan.

Once the oil is hot, add cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, peppercorn and bay leaf.

Fry for a few seconds.

Add onion, ginger and garlic and fry until they turn translucent.

Add green chilli and curry leaves and fry for a minute.

Now add chicken, thin coconut milk and salt.

Cover and cook for 10-15 minutes.

Add potato and carrot and cook until chicken and vegetables are done.

Add cashew nut paste and thick coconut milk and cook for another 3-4 minutes.

For tempering, heat coconut oil in a pan.

Once the oil is hot, add onion and curry leaves and fry until golden brown.

Pour the tempering over the chicken.

Serve hot with Appam.

This Kerala-style chicken stew recipe has very well-balanced flavors with a creamy texture and is nutrient with the addition of veggies like carrot and beans. Chicken in this stew is just fall-of-the-bone tender and juicy.

Kerala Chicken Stew

Bone

Lemon

Coconut Oil

Cinnamon Stick

2-3 Green chili (adjust as per taste)

Curry Leaf

Onion (Thinly Sliced)

clove

inch Ginger

Potato (cubed)

Carrot

beans

Thin Coconut Milk

Thick Coconut Milk

Green Cardamom

Cloves

Fennel

4-5 Sambar/Pearl Onion

Hand full of Curry Leaves

8-10 Cashew halves

Clean Chicken. Drain water from the chicken. Mix lemon juice and salt. Marinate for 20-30 minutes

Marinate Chicken

Roast cardamom, cloves, fennel,  peppercorn until aromatic.(Don&#39;t let the spice burn)

Using a coffee grinder or mortar pestle make it into a fine powder. Keep aside.

Make Spice Blend

Using a mortar and pestle, roughly crush ginger and garlic.

Add 2 tablespoon of Oil to a pan.  Add bay leaf, cinnmon stick, green chilli and curry leaves. Cook it for 30 seconds.

Add sliced onion and cook until the onion has softened and starts to brown slightly. It should take roughly 7-8 minutes.

Add crushed ginger garlic. Cook it until the raw smell is gone, for about 1 minute.

Add marinated chicken, potatoes. Sear chicken on high heat for 2-3 minutes until chicken looks pale. You should see small brown patches here and there.

Next is add salt and thin coconut milk. Mix well. Add carrot. Cover and let it cook on low heat for 12-15 minutes.

Chicken would be tender and cooked fully by now. Pour in thick coconut milk, crushed spice mix. Throw in green beans. Cover and cook for another 10 minutes. Switch off the flame.

Making Chicken Stew

Meanwhile in anothe pan, heat coconut oil, fry cashew until golden brown. Remove, drain oil and keep it aside.

To the same pan, add sliced sambar onion. Saute it for a minute and then thorw in few curry leaves. Cook until the onion is light golden brown in colour. Add back the cashew. Mix everything agian.

Add tempering to the stew and give everything a good mix.

Final tempering

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One of the most popular chicken dishes from the southwestern state of Kerala in India. Chicken stew is just perfect as a hearty warm dinner or lunch. This Kerala-style chicken stew recipe has very well-balanced flavors with a creamy texture and is nutrient with the addition of veggies like carrot and beans. Chicken in this stew is just fall-of-the-bone tender and juicy.

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