Uru Mas (Pork in a traditional way)

Chicken stew (in a traditional way)

Stews are a very historic meal. According to the written history world first stews are reported in Japan. It is a way of low-cost cooking. Stews and soups are very similar. Soups are always served in bowels but stews are thick enough to be served on a plate.

Sri Lanka is a country full of spices. So, most of the foods of Sri Lanka are spicy. There is no exception about Chicken Stew.

Now let’s get into works.

Ingredients

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      Chicken 1kg

·       Few sliced Onions

·       Sliced potatoes 100g

·       Chilies 5 or 6

·       Coconut milk powder (concentrated) 100-120ml

·       Coconut milk powder (normal) 200-220ml

·       Black pepper 1 ½ table spoons

·       Turmeric powder 1 tea spoon

·       Mustard cream ¼ tea spoon

·       White onions (as you wish)

·       Ginger (as you wish)

·       Cardamom 3-5

·       Curry leaves

·       Cinnamon (as you wish)

·       Salt (as you wish)

·       Vegetable oil or sun-flower oil

·       Cumin ½ tea spoon

·       Fennel 1 table spoon

Directions

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Firstly, wash the chicken well and cut it into pieces as you like. But do not cut into too big pieces.

·       Then add black pepper, cumin, fennel, turmeric powder, ginger, white onions into a pan and mix them well. When you are mixing them add some water to it.

·       Now mix this mixture with the chicken and don’t forget to add salt. Then keep it for 30 minutes until it gets seasoned. We call it ‘’marination’’.

·       Then add some oil into a pan add mustard cream into it.

·       After sometime add onion into that pan let it be fried until it gets golden color. But don’t let it be over fried.

·       While onion is being fried, add curry leaves, green chili, cardamom, cinnamon and stir for 2 minutes.

·       Now add chicken (seasoned) and potatoes into this pan.

·       Now increase the heat and close the lid of the pan. Keep it this way for 4-6 minutes.

·       Then open the lid and stir and mix all of them again and close the lid again. let it be cooked for another 3-5 minutes.

·       After that open the lid let it be cooked until water become vaporized.

·       Now decrease the heat and add coconut milk powder liquid (normal) into the pan cook it another 2-4 minutes.

·       Then decrease the heat more and add coconut milk powder liquid (concentrated) and close the lid and cook another 2-3 minutes.

·       Now taste it little and add some salts if it needs to be added.

·       Well! well! Well! Now you have prepared the most delicious chicken stew that you prepared in your whole life.

·       Enjoy it and don’t forget to leave a comment.