Kerala chicken stew

In this dish, Ishtoo, chicken on the bone is slow-cooked in a sumptuous, rich coconut broth to produce a wonderful, warming stew that is packed with flavour and is very nutritious. In Kerala, where the recipe comes from, it is normally served with appam, a plain rice flour pancake, but it is also good accompanied by plain boiled basmati rice, which soaks up the tangy, green chilli infused saffron.