Stew is a very healthy dish
which is a combination of meat and vegetables. This dish is cooked slowly in a
close dish or pan and contains lots of liquid. This healthy dish has a very tamping
taste yet good for calorie conscious people. Generally most of the seasonal vegetables
like carrots, beans, potato, tomato, green papaya are combined with meat. This
is very easy digestive for all.
Stew has been made since
the ancient period. The evidence of preparing stew was found in several old civilizations
thousands of years ago.
Soup and stew have a very
little difference. Soup is more liquid than stew. Stew requires longer time
than soup. Soup has smaller pieces of vegetables and meat and stew has larger
pieces. Generally soups are always served in bowl and stews are served in a
plate because of thickness.
I have made this dish ….. combination
of chicken and vegetables, especially for my baby but we also liked this. I
learned this recipe from my mother, but made some changes from her recipe. I
don’t like to use turmeric powder. I think if I use that powder the stew will
lose the beauty. My grandfather had also
made an awesome chicken stew….and that was really awesome. J Find below recipe of the chicken stew
which is my all-time favorite.
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| Chicken Stew |
Ingredients for chicken stew:
Chicken – 500 gms
Onion slices - 1 medium
Ginger paste – 1 tsp
Potato – 2 medium
Carrot – 1 pc
Green papaya – ¼th of
medium size
French beans – 7-8 pcs
Chopped tomato – 1 pc
Crushed black pepper – 1
tsp
Green cardamom – 4-5 pcs
Cloves – 4-5 pcs
Cinnamon – 1 inch
Bay leaf – 1-2 pcs
Salt
Sugar
Butter – 1 tbsp
Recipe of chicken stew:
Cut all vegetables into
medium pieces. We need vegetable and chicken to be of same size as this will
enhance the taste of stew.
Now take a pressure cooker
and put butter. When butter will starts melting put the whole spices, such as
cardamom, clove, cinnamon, bay leaf and crushed black pepper. After a few
moments, add sliced onion and sauté it. Then add chopped tomato and ginger paste
and mix it. After that add chicken and vegetables and mix it. Then add salt and
add a pinch of sugar. Mix it and add 2-3 cups of water (according to the thickness
you need) and cover the cooker with lid. Then cook the chicken stew in a low
flame for 10-12 minutes or 4-5 whistles.
Now your chicken stew is
ready. Serve with roti, bread or rice also.
