Kerala Style Chicken Mappas is a less spicy chicken dish prepared in coconut milk and very common for festive breakfasts. In South Kerala it’s also called as Chicken Stew.
Best combination
- Appam/ Idiyappam/ Chapati/ Puttu/ Poori/ Bread
Kerala Style Chicken Mappas
Print ThisIngredients
- 1. Chicken - 500gms - Medium size pieces
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- 2. Cardamom - 3 Nos (Elaykka)
- 3. Cloves - 4 Nos (Grambu)
- 4. Cinnamon stick - 1 Inch piece (Karukapatta)
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- 5. Onion - 1 1/2 Cup - Sliced
- 6. Green chilly - 5 Nos - Slitted
- 7. Ginger - 1 Tablespoon - Crushed
- 8. Garlic - 1 Tablespoon - Crushed
- 9. Curry leaves - 1 Stem
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- 10. Potato - 1 Cup - Medium size cubes
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- 11. Turmeric powder - 1/4 Teaspoon
- 12. Coriander powder - 2 Tablespoon
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- 13. Thin coconut milk - 1 1/2 Cup
- 14. Thick coconut milk - 1 Cup
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- 15. Fennel seed powder - 1/2 Teaspoon (Perumjeerakam)
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- 16. Salt - As required
- 17. Coconut oil - 1 Tablespoon
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- For tempering
- 18. Mustard seeds - 1/4 Teaspoon
- 19. Shallots - Chopped - 1 1/2 Tablespoon
- 20. Curry leaves - 1 Stem
- 21. Dried red chilly - 2 Nos - Broken
- 22. Coconut oil - 1 Tablespoon
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pan and splutter ingredients 2- 4.
- Add ingredients 5-9 with salt and saute till onion become translucent.
- Add potato cubes and saute till onion become light brown color.
- Add turmeric powder and coriander powder and saute for a minute in low flame.
- Add chicken, mix well and saute for a minute.
- Add thin coconut milk and cook in low flame on the pan covered.
- When chicken is 90% cooked, add fennel seed powder, mix well and again cook in low flame on pan covered.
- Add thick coconut milk when it’s done and heat up. Do not let the curry boil after adding thick coconut milk.
- Switch off the flame and keep aside.
For tempering
- Heat oil in another pan, splutter mustard seeds, add other tempering ingredients till shallots become brown color.
- Pour the tempering over the curry and mix well.
- Serve hot.
Notes
• Do not boil the Chicken mappas after adding thick coconut milk. • Cook the chicken in less water if thin coconut milk is not available. Then add little more thick coconut milk than mentioned. • Mash 2-3 cubes of potatoes with the back of the ladle to get a thick gravy. • Fried raisins/ cashew nuts can be added for garnishing. • Chicken mappas gravy will become thick as it cools down.
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