Chicken Stew

Chicken -small boneless pieces(3cups)

Carrot- 1cup chopped in to small pieces

Beans-1 cupchopped in to small pieces

Potato -2 cubed

Onion -2

Ginger garlic paste -1tsp

Coconut milk (thick )- 1 cup

Coconut milk (medium)-2 cup

Cardamom-4

Clove -3.

Cinnamon -1

Oil-2tbsp

Salt -asrequired

Pepperpowder -11/2 tbsp

Coriander powder -1teaspoon

Garam masala powder – 1teaspoon

Green chilly- 3.(cut in two halfs)

Curry leaves -1stem

Coriander leaves – as required

Cashew nuts 50 gms finely chopped

Boil the vegetables and keep aside. Wash and clean the chicken pieces. Heat oil in a pan, add onion, ginger garlic paste , green chilly and sauté well. Add cardamom, clove, and cinnamon and sauté. Add pepper powder , curry leaves coriander powder & garam masala powder for 2-3 minutes . Now add the chicken pieces, salt and mix thoroughly

Add the 2nd milk and cook. When the chicken pieces are half done, add the cooked vegetables mix well and cook. When chicken and potatoes pieces are done, add the 1st milk. When it begins to boil, remove from fire. Fry the cashew nuts in oil and decorate the stew and serve it with delicious Palappam.

Note: same way you can make mutton or beef stew