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Kerala Chicken Stew

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Kerala Chicken Stew

Chicken stew with Appam is a popular breakfast fare in Kerala. Simple, aromatic, hearty stew that is sure to win many a heart. Chicken and potato cubes are slowly simmered in a subtly spiced coconut milk base. You can even add vegetables like carrot, beans and peas and increase the nutrition profile of the stew. This culinary gem of Kerala cuisine makes for a decent side with roti, paratha and rice too other than appam and puttu.

Kerala Chicken Stew Recipe

Prep & Cooking: 40 mts

Serves 5 persons

Cuisine: Kerala

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Ingredients:

1 kg chicken pieces, washed

2 large onions, finely sliced

1 large potato, peeled and cubed

1/2 tsp ginger paste

3 cloves garlic, sliced

6-7 green chillis, partially slit

4-5 cloves

1″ cinnamon

2 cardamom

8-10 pepper corns

1/4 tsp turmeric pwd (optional)

large pinch fennel pwd (optional)

1/2 tsp garam masala pwd

1/2 cup thick coconut milk

1 1/2 cups thin coconut milk

1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper pwd

salt to taste

1 tbsp lemon juice

15-18 curry leaves

1 1/2 tbsp oil

1 tbsp ghee

1 Heat oil and ghee in a heavy bottomed vessel, add few curry leaves, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, pepper corns and saute for few secs till the aroma emanates the kitchen. Add garlic slices and saute for for few secs. Add ginger paste and saute for few secs. Add the green chillis and sliced onions and fry for 4 mts.
2 Add turmeric pwd and combine. Add the chicken pieces and cook over medium heat for 7-8 mts.
3 Add the thin coconut milk and salt and combine. Cook without lid for 5-6 mts. Add garam masala pwd, fennel pwd and potato cubes and place lid. Simmer till the chicken and potatoes turn tender and the gravy thickens. Turn off heat. Add the thick coconut milk, few fresh curry leaves, lemon juice and pepper pwd and combine.
4 Serve warm with appam, rice or roti.

kerala-chicken-stew

Kerala Chicken Stew Recipe

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 5
Main Ingredients: chicken coconut milk

Chicken stew with Appam is a popular breakfast fare in Kerala. Simple, aromatic, hearty stew that is sure to win many a heart. Chicken and potato cubes are slowly simmered in a subtly spiced coconut milk base. You can even add vegetables like carrot, beans and peas and increase the nutrition profile of the stew.This culinary gem of Kerala cuisine makes for a decent side with roti, paratha and rice too other than appam and puttu.
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By • Jul 9th, 2010 • Category: All Recipes, Indian Chicken Recipes, Indian Curry Recipes, Indian Non-Vegetarian Recipes, Kerala Recipes, South Indian Recipes

  • A.K

    Hey Sailu,

    I detest the taste of coconut in my food. Can I leave out the coconut? Will it taste good without the coconut?

  • http://sailusfood.com Sailu

    Coconut is an integral part of this recipe and you cannot omit it.

  • http://gaurigharpure.blogspot.com Gauri Gharpure

    the photo is very tempting.. is it okay to add the thick coconut milk after switching off the gas.. won’t the dish have to be quickly consumed in this case?

  • http://sailusfood.com Sailu

    Absolutely fine to use thick coconut milk after turning off the gas. You will have to finish the dish in a day or refrigerate for a day at the most.

  • http://www.foodfor7stagesoflife.com RV

    This looks very authentic. Stew and Appam is my favorite. My friend’s Mom used to make this for me whenever I visited her.

  • http://sumanjsingh.wordpress.com Suman singh

    WOW..that soup looks so healthy and comforting…thanks for sharing this unique recipe…

  • Nivedita

    Thank you so much for doing the hard work and posting exotic recipes.

  • sarita

    Hi Sailu

    thanks for the lovely recipe. Looking foward to appam recipe to go with the stew

    thanks

  • sam

    Anything that has coconut milk is not healthy to my knowledge…yes it will definitely enhance the taste.

  • http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/ AshaLatha R K Prasad

    Looks very very good & tempting… Bookmarked it & would try some day…. I bet it is DIVINE with appams….. I am enjoying the taste in my mind & soul already….. God Bless!!!!

    Ash….

  • Paromita

    Chicken stew is our family favourite and we always order it from a nearby restaurant…now your awsome recipe would help us make it at home. Thanks a ton !!!

  • Vee

    I am not familiar with “thin” and “thick” coconut milk… Here we have canned coconut milk, young coconut juice, and coconut water. What should I use or substitute?

  • http://sailusfood.com Sailu

    The first extract of coconut milk is the thick milk (add a cup of water to 2 cups of grated coconut, blend and strain = thick coconut milk). The second extract of coconut milk is thin milk (to the grated coconut which has been blended earlier, add another 2 cups of water and blend again and strain = thin coconut milk).

    What you can do is divide the canned thick coconut milk extract into two. Add 2 cups of water to one part and use that as thin milk while the other part can be used as thick milk.

  • Milind

    From the consistency I notice from the canned coconut milk, I would say add about 10-15% water and you would still have thick coconut milk.

    Young coconut juice would be the same as tender coconut water I suppose. It would be a beverage by itself.

    Cocnut water as the name suggests is the water and not milk(obtained by grindling the flesh of the coconut)

  • srinadh

    Sailu garu,
    another winner from you.. looks amazing and chicken looks tender and juicy..
    as one of your visitors suggest, please think about watermarks in the pictures..

  • Aruna Deepak

    Sailu,

    I followed this recipe and made a vegetarian version – added carrots, beans, cauliflower, peas and aloo instead of chicken. Just that potatoes’ quantity got increased and the gravy became a little bit starchy. Next time shall decrease it. It was awesome with appam… thank you for the wonderful recipe

  • Priyanka

    Hi Sailu,

    Your recipe turned out awesome!! I’ve been wanting to make stew & aapams for ages & wasn’t very sure about the recipes I had seen previously. However everything I try from your website comes out great! I think it inspired me to take the plunge & try it. I think its made a believer of my husband as well…heh. Thanks so much & keep the recipes coming!

  • http://www.pregnantrightnow.com Shabadoo

    Thank you soooo much. Tried this with the children last night and they loved it. I have been trying to ages to get them out of their bad eating habits and your chicken stew done the trick. They’ve been just asking me can they have it again tonight!!

  • salma

    IT IS OK BUT WT WBT GHEE IN CHICKEN WOULD IT BE FINE

  • http://sailusfood.com Sailu

    You can use ghee.

  • jem

    you can also use full cream milk instead of coconut milk. just add it at the end after cooking the chicken. the taste is not compromised at all and is a good substitute for people who dont like coconut.

  • Ashwin

    It doesn’t need to be, i have been eating such food from my childhood, it hasn’t been a problem for me.