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Kerala Chicken Stew Recipe | Kozhi Ishtu Recipe

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COURSE: SIDE DISH

CUISINE: INDIAN

PREP TIME: COOK TIME: TOTAL TIME:

15 MINS 20 MINS 35 MINS

SERVINGS: 4
CALORIES:
AUTHOR: SANGEETHA

Chicken Stew - Kerala Style-Very popular traditional and much-favored dish of Kerala

INGREDIENTS INSTRUCTIONS
Chicken with bones : 1.65
lb /750 grms /3/4 kg cut COCONUT MILK FROM THE SCRATCH :
1. First milk to be extracted by squeezing the milk with your
into medium size pieces
hands, or mixing in a blender for a minute, after adding
Onion : 1 medium thinly
1/4 cup of warm water, The second and third milk are to
sliced
be extracted by adding 1 cup of warm water in a similar
Potato : 1 medium cubed
way and kept aside.
Carrot :1 small-medium
cubed
CHICKEN STEW :
Ginger : 1 tbsp thinly
1. In a large pressure cooker or in a pan, heat coconut oil;
julienned
add the cardamom, cloves, whole pepper corn, cinnamon,
Garlic : 1 tbsp thinly sliced
star anise and bay leaves and sauté for a minute.
Green Chillies : 2-3 slit
2. Add the sliced onions, ginger, garlic, slitted green chilies
lengthwise, remove seeds
and curry leaves; sauté till it turns to soft and pink in color.
if you don’t like spicy
(Note : Onions need not be browned for the stew)
Whole Black Peppercorns :
1/2 tsp 3. Add chicken pieces, cubed carrots, potatoes and salt.

Cardamom : 3 Combine everything well. Add semi thin coconut

Cloves : 3 milk.Cover, cook till the chicken is fully cooked.

Cinnamon :1" piece
Bay Leaves : 3
Star Anise : 2
Curry leaves : 2 sprig
Shallots /Red Small Onion
: 4-5 thinly sliced
Thick Coconut Milk First
extract : 1 cup or The milk
of one grated coconut
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4. If you're using cashew paste then add the grounded
cashew paste to thick coconut milk.
5. When chicken is cooked; add the cashew-thick coconut
milk and reduce the flame and cook for 5 minutes or until
you get the required thickness.
6. In a small frying pan, heat coconut oil and add sliced small
red onion/shallots and curry leaves and fry till become
1/2
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Semi- Thin Coconut Milk light brown color. Remove and add to the stew and
Second & Third extract : sprinkle pepper powder if needed.
21/2 cup 7. Delicious chicken stew is ready to serve.Serve hot with
Cashew : 6-8 Soak in hot Appam or Bread and enjoy!
water and grind it along
with water to smooth
paste - it's purely optional
step
Black Pepper Powder : 1
tsp or to taste Optional
Coconut Oil : 1 tbsp
Salt to taste

NOTES
Chicken may be substituted with mutton and vegetarian can replace with vegetables. carrots,
potatoes, whole small onions, peas, mushrooms or just plain potato and onion.Note that if the
stew is too thin you can thicken it by soaking 6-8 cashews in hot whelps the flavors to blend well.

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