Many
many years ago when I went for a Wedding reception in Kochi they served appam with a Kerala chicken stew. I was probably only 8 years then but when it
involves food I have a photographic memory! There was karimeen fry, fish molly ,
pork ullarthu and lots of other yummy food. Now when I think about it seemed
like a posh reception to be serving a buffet party that long ago! Any way the
taste of that food is still lingering in my mouth and appam and chicken stew
became my favourite food. I do make this stew a lot at home and my son loves it
too. I usually makes the stew for dinner and pair it with appam and next
morning I make some fresh idiyappam to eat the left over stew and I have to say
those two combination are probably the match made in heaven !
Ingredients
Chicken
with bones – 500gm
(Whole
garam masala)
Fennel
seeds/ പെരും ജീരകം – 1 tsp
Cinnamon
stick/പട്ട – 1 small stick
Cloves/
ഗ്രാമ്പു – 3-3
Cardamom/ഏലക്ക – 3-4
Star
anise/ തകോളം - 1
Bay
leaf / പട്ട ഇല – 2
Onion
(medium) – 2 chopped + ½ thinly sliced
Ginger
garlic paste – 1 ½ tsp
Potato
– 2 small
Carrot
– 1
Coconut
milk – 1 cup ( ¾ cup thin milk + ¼ cup thick milk)
Green
chillies – 2
Curry
leaves – 2 sprigs
Cashewnut
– ¼ cup soaked in water and ground to
paste (optional)
Coriander
powder- 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder – pinch (optional)
- Pepper powder- 1 tsp
- Salt
- Oil/Ghee
- Water
Method
- Marinate the chicken with salt and pepper and leave it aside.
- In a saucepan/kadai/ ചീനചട്ടി add oil and add the whole garam masala ingredients mentioned and when it starts to give a good aroma add the chopped onions. Saute the onions until light brown in colour.
- Add ginger garlic paste, green chillies, curry leaves and saute until raw smell goes off.
- Add coriander powder, pinch of turmeric and fry for a few seconds.
- Add the chicken, cubed potato and carrots and add the thin coconut milk too. Cover and cook until chicken is almost done.
- Finally add the thick coconut milk, cashew paste and water as required and when it is about to boil remove from fire.
- In a small pan add oil/ghee and add thinly sliced onions and fry till brown. Add the fried onion to the gravy.
- Serve hot with Appam/Idiyappam /chapathi or Porotta!
2 comments:
I made appam and stew a week ago before the lent started. You are tempting me with that thick yummy gravy chicken stew :). Looks like you are on a cooking spree. Keep it coming Vinee!!
That chicken stew is calling my name... love that you incorporated Malayalam into your recipe... :)
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