Kerala Style Chicken Stew

• Meat

  • 1 Chicken

• Produce

  • 1 crushed tsp Garlic
  • 1 crushed tsp Ginger
  • 1 Thai green chillies
  • 4 White potatoes, small
  • 1 Yellow or red onion

• Canned Goods

  • 2 cans Coconut milk

• Baking & Spices

  • 4 Cardamom, green
  • 2 1 inch pieces Cinnamon
  • 3 Cloves
  • 4 Peppercorns, black
  • 1 Salt

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 3 tsp Coconut oil

• Other

  • For tempering / tadka

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Description

Ingredients

• Coconut oil - 2 tsp
• Yellow or Red Onion - 1, sliced thinly
• Cloves - 3
• Green Cardamom - 4
• Cinnamon - 2 1 inch pieces
• Black Peppercorns - 4-5
• Ginger, crushed - 1 tsp
• Garlic, crushed - 1 tsp
• Thai green chillies, slit in half lengthwise - 3-4
• Chicken - about 2 lbs - I used bone-in breast pieces, cut into bite sized pieces
• Small white potatoes - 4, quartered
• Coconut milk - 2 cans
• Salt
• For tempering / tadka
• 1 tsp coconut oil, few curry leaves and a hand full of pearl onions thinly sliced

Directions

• Heat the oil in a large pot and add the onions, green chillies, ginger and garlic to it. Sauté till onions almost turn translucent. Meanwhile, crush the spices a little in a mortar and pestle. Add these crushed spices to the onions. Add the chicken pieces to the pot as well. Stir well.
• Once the chicken starts to change color on the outside, add the potatoes and add maybe ½ cup of water to the pot. Cover and cook till chicken and potatoes are almost done. There will be water coming from the chicken, so the ½ cup water should suffice. Also, we dont want too much water as we are going to add the coconut milk later. Once the chicken and potatoes are almost cooked, add the coconut milk to the pot and let it cook the chicken and potatoes a little more. Add the salt to the pot as well. Let simmer for 10 mins or so.
• Heat the oil for seasoning in a separate small pan and add the sliced pearl onions and curry leaves to it. Once the onions turn brown, pour this onto the stew. Serve with any of the combination mentioned earlier in the post.