Kerala chicken Stew

Ingredients:

Chicken -300gm(with bone)
Green chilli-3 finely chopped
Ginger – small piece(slice finely )
Garlic- 1 (thin slices)
Curry leaves-1 string
Pepper powder-less than 1/4tsp
Salt-to taste
Potato-1 medium
Coconut Oil-2tbsp
Thin coconut milk-1 1/2 cup
Thick coconut milk-1 cup

For sauting

Onion-1 medium
Green chilli-2(long slits)
Curry leaves-few
Ginger-1tsp thin slices
Garam masala- 1 tsp 

Method

Cut the chicken into small pieces.

Wash well with salt .

Drain .

To the chicken add ginger ,garlic,green chilli ,curry leaves ,pepper powder and salt and mix well with hand.

Keep aside for 15 minutes.

Then add 1/4 cup of water and pressure cook .

4 whistle is enough .

Keep aside .

Allow to cool.

In between wash one potato peel and cut into cubes and pressure cook it by adding salt  and water.

Now heat oil in a kadai .

Saute onion slices for 3 minutes in medium flame .

To that add ginger slices,green chilli slits and curry leaves .

Saute them till the onion become translucent .

Now add cooked chicken along with stock .

Add potato also.

To this add 1/4 tsp of garam masala and mix well .

Allow to cook for 2 minutes .

Slightly mash  potato with back of the spoon .

Then add thin coconut milk and stir well.

Cook for 5 minutes or until the stew start thickening .

In that point add our thick coconut milk and stir slowly .

Sprinkle the remaining garam masala(1/4 tsp ) if u don’t prefer garam masala decrease the amount

Cook for 2 minutes

No need to boil after adding thick milk .

Remove from the fire and sprinkle few curry leaves and 1 tsp of coconut oil .

Close the kadai for few minutes and serve with appam ,pathiri,chapati .

If u want u can roast cashew nuts in ghee and season the stew  or can season with small onion also.

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