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How to make chicken veggie stew

Make Chicken Veggie Stew

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INGREDIENTS

Splutter mustard seeds in hot oil. Add the dry spices and then add the ginger and garlic to saut\u00e9. Add onions and green chillies and when transparent, add the tomatoes and fry till soft

Splutter mustard seeds in hot oil. Add the dry spices and then add the ginger and garlic to sauté. Add onions and green chillies and when transparent, add the tomatoes and fry till soft

Cut up the veggies into medium size pieces - potatoes, carrots, broccoli and mushrooms.

Cut up the veggies into medium size pieces - potatoes, carrots, broccoli and mushrooms.

Add a pinch of turmeric powder, one teaspoon chilli powder and the chicken stock cubes to the frying onion mix.

Add a pinch of turmeric powder, one teaspoon chilli powder and the chicken stock cubes to the frying onion mix.

Add the chicken pieces to the fried spicy base and cook for 10 mins when the water from the chicken comes out to cook it. Add the curry leaves.

Add the chicken pieces to the fried spicy base and cook for 10 mins when the water from the chicken comes out to cook it. Add the curry leaves.

Layer the veggies on the top and let cook in the steam above the chicken

Layer the veggies on the top and let cook in the steam above the chicken

Cooking cream and coconut milk makes a thick gravy for the stew. The chicken stock cubes give enough salt and flavour. No masala powders are used.

Cooking cream and coconut milk makes a thick gravy for the stew. The chicken stock cubes give enough salt and flavour. No masala powders are used.

Add capsicum and cook till the veggies and chicken are soft and tender

Add capsicum and cook till the veggies and chicken are soft and tender

Pour the coconut milk (you can use coconut powder pack dissolved in warm water to make a thick milk) and the cooking cream (I used a pack of Puck Cooking Cream) to the cooked meat and veggies.

Pour the coconut milk (you can use coconut powder pack dissolved in warm water to make a thick milk) and the cooking cream (I used a pack of Puck Cooking Cream) to the cooked meat and veggies.

Chicken vegetable stew is ready to be served hot with bread or appams. Bon appetit.

Chicken vegetable stew is ready to be served hot with bread or appams. Bon appetit.

  • Chicken, cut into medium sized pieces
  • Oil
  • Mustard seeds
  • Dry spices - cardamom, cloves, peppercorn, cinnamon
  • Ginger, large piece julienned
  • Garlic, 2 cloves crushed or julienned
  • Onion, thinly sliced
  • Green chillies, cut lengthwise
  • Tomatoes, diced
  • Curry leaves
  • Turmeric powder
  • Maggi Chicken stock cubes
  • Salt
  • Vegetables - Broccoli, Carrots, Mushrooms, Potato
  • Capsicum, julienned
  • Coconut milk, from powder or freshly squeezed
  • Cooking cream