Chicken Ishtew

Name: Chicken Ishtew
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 6 peppercorns and cardamom pods opened up; 4 each carrots, parsnips, large onions, tomatoes, potatoes and leeks; 1 green chilli; 1 large chicken, skinned and cut into pieces; 1 tsp garam masala; 3 sticks each cinnamon and cloves; 1 tin coconut milk; 3 oz butter; Chicken stock, enough to reach 1 in. over the chicken and vegetables; Salt to taste; 1 tsp grated ginger

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Settler's Cookbook

By Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Published 2009

About

Ingredients

1 large chicken, skinned and cut into pieces
3 oz butter
Chicken stock, enough to reach 1 in. over the chicken

Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Melt the butter and add the whole spices and ginger.
Sweat all the vegetables in the butter over low heat.
Add the chicken and stir for five minutes.
Add the stock and simmer uncovered for fifteen minutes.
Stir in garam masala, chilli and coconut milk.
Cover and cook for another ten minutes, then add salt.
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