CHICKEN STEW OR VEGETABLE STEW RECIPE:
(Ingredients are the same whether you cook chicken with potatoes or only use vegetables)
1) One small chicken whole or Only the chicken breast : 500gm.
2) Ingredients:
- Onions, 3 medium size
- Green chillies, 3 (or more)
- Ginger, 2 teaspoon (if paste) or a medium size
- Garlic, 2 teaspoon (if paste) or three small cloves
- Cinnamon sticks, 4 whole
- Cloves, 5 whole
- Cardamom, 4 whole (you can use powder too)
- Fresh Curry leaves 2 or 3 stems. (You can use Corriander leaves instead, if curry leaves aren't available)
- Black pepper, quarter teaspoon at the end
3) You can add any of these vegetables or all while cooking the
chicken:- Potatoes, Carrots, Beans, Cabbage, Cauliflour,
Peas, Tomatoes etc or just potato with chicken. I prefer that.
4) Preparation: Heat pan, pour oil and put the chopped oinions,
cinnamon, cloves, cardamom and let it cook a bit.
Then add the green chillies, ginger, garlic, curry leaves.
Mix and after a little while add the chicken, salt with little water to
cook the meat. (At this time, you can add the vegetables of your
choice)
Once the meat is cooked add 3cups of whole milk. If you want
more gravy add more milk.
Now add the black pepper powder, mix and boil again (not long
though) and serve with Appams either with Chicken stew
or Vegetable stew.
Options: Whole milk or 2% milk or Evaporated milk or Coconut milk.
You can use any of these of your choice.
