Indian Chicken Stew

KERALA CHICKEN STEW :

Serves: About 4

Will take: about 30 mins to prepare

Chicken – 1/2 kg Onions – 3 nos(finely chopped) Green chillies – 6 nos(cut slit open length-wise)Garlic paste – 2 tsp Ginger paste – 2 tsp Coconut milk- 2 cups Tomatoes – 2 nos Poppy seeds(Khus Khus)(ground) – 1 tsp Cinnamon – 4 small pieces Cloves – 4 nos Coriander leaves – 3 stems Oil – 4 tsp Lemon juice – 1 tbsp Salt – As reqd

1) Heat oil in a pan.2)Add cinnamon sticks, cloves, onions and green chillies and stir fry, till onion turns brown. 3)Add ginger and garlic and stir for a little while. 4)Add the chicken pieces and stir further.5)Add 1 cup coconut milk, chopped tomatoes, poppy seeds and coriander leaves along with enough water and salt.6)Cover the pan and allow the contents to boil.7)When chicken is cooked and 3/4th of water is dried up, add the rest of the coconut milk, lemon juice and boil well.
Serve :

With a smile… and u bet u’ll get smiles after people have eaten!

Could be had on its own, or with bread or appams.