Chicken Stew

Ingredients:

1. Chicken(skinned and cut into medium size pieces) - 1 kg
2. Onions - 4 no.s cut lengthwise
3. Green chillies - 4 slit lengthwise
4. Ginger - 2 inch piece cut into strips
5. Coconut - 1 large grated
6. Cloves - 3, Cinnamon - 3
7. Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
8. Bay leaf - 1
9. Pepper - 2.5 tsp powdered coarsely
10. Curry leaf - 1 sprig
11. Oil - 2 tbsp
11. Salt to taste
12. Chicken stock powder - 1 tsp optional

Method:

1. Coconut milk extraction - take 5 cups of water and warm it to bearable heat. Extract 2 cups of thick milk and 3 cups of second milk.
2. Warm oil in a wok or kadai.
3. Add cloves, cinnamon, bayleaf and cumin seeds
4. When light brown and smell of spices escapes add onions,ginger and green chillies
5. Fry till onions are transparent.
6. Add chicken pieces, powdered pepper, chicken stock and salt and turn the chicken with all ingredients for 5 minutes.
7. Add the second extract of milk and let the chicken cook.
8. When cooked add the first milk and curry leaves and remove from flame.
9. Serve hot with aapam, bread or idi appam.