Cornish Hen Stew. Cornish Hen Qorma.

Ingredients:

Cornish Hen 1 (cut into 8 pieces)
Green chilies 3 – slitted
Red Onion 1 large – sliced
Country Tomatoes 2 – chopped into chunks
Ginger 4” size – peeled and chopped into sticks
Garlic 7-9 cloves – peeled and chopped into sticks
Salt
Turmeric powder ½ + ½ spoon
Red Chili powder 2 spoons
Red food color 1 pinch (optional)
Thick/thin coconut milk 1 cup
Cinnamon 1 stick
Cloves 2
Cardamom 3 crushed
Bay leaves 1
Cilantro leaves few to garnish
Coconut Oil few spoons(kerala touch) sesmae oil (Tamizhar touch).
Crisply Fried Curry Leaves 1 cup – for garnishing.

Method:

Heat oil in a wok…add cinnamon, cloves, cardamom and bay leaves. Wait until it pops and splutters well.

Add green chilies and onions to it. Fry till onions turn to golden color.

Add garlic and ginger sticks too. Fry them till its raw odor leaves.

Now add tomatoes and sauté for few minutes. Add salt, turmeric, chili and color powder to this.

Fry for few more seconds. Cover and cook over medium heat.

Add Chicken now and cook over medium heat with lid-on. Maybe for 20 minutes or so.

Now add coconut milk to this and allow it to boil once. Remove this from stove top.

Garnish this stew with crisply fried curry leaves and cilantro.

Serve warm along with steam cooked rice.