Chicken Stew Recipe

Chicken and lots of vegetables in one dish? For me, that’s chicken stew.

Having vegetables in our diet is as important as consuming our daily dose of protein. Intake of veggies has helped me tremendously in my weight-loss journey. The one lesson I took from my experience is that, control over the craving for food is the key to weight loss. Vegetables fill up my belly just enough that I am no longer in a state of famish. Other good points about vegetables are that it is great for our heart, gut health and reduces risk of diabetes. In-spite of knowing all these, there are days when I become slothful. Cooking separate dishes with chicken and vegetables feels toilsome and chicken stew comes to my rescue for such days. Today, I am sharing my version of this popular recipe for all the health fanatics out there.

Ingredients: (Serves 2)

• Chicken- 500 grams
• Carrots- 2 cut into big chunks
• Papaya- 5 wedges
• Baby corn - 5
• Green pea- 1/2 cup
• Potatoes- 2 medium cut in halves
• Tomato- 2 whole cut in halves
• Onion- 2 whole
• Garlic cloves- 6 chopped
• Ginger- 1 tablespoon grated
• Coriander Powder- 1 tablespoon
• Cumin Powder- 1 tablespoon
• Black peppercorn- 8
• Black pepper powder- 1 teaspoon
• Bay leaf- 2
• Garam masala(whole)
• Refined oil- 2 teaspoons
• Salt to taste

For marination:

•  Curd- 1 cup
•  Ginger-Garlic paste
•  Black pepper powder

Method:

Take a bowl. Add chicken pieces, curd, ginger garlic paste and black pepper powder. Mix well and leave it for 30 minutes.

Pour oil in your pan. Add the bay leaves, whole garam masala, black pepper corns, chopped garlic and grated ginger. Wait for the rawness of ginger, garlic to disappear. Next, add the marinated chicken. Sprinkle some salt along with coriander-cumin powder. Cook for 3 minutes before adding vegetables and again sprinkle some salt. Keep cooking for 4 more minutes on low to medium flame. Transfer the whole thing to a pressure cooker. Now, it is time for adding the tomatoes and sufficient water for boiling. After 10 minutes your dish will be ready. Serve it hot with bread slices.

This is an easy-to-digest comfort food and can be served even to ailing individuals.

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