Kerala Chicken Stew/Nadan Kozhi Stew Recipe
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Kerala Chicken Stew or nadan kozhi stew is a traditional Southern Kerala Sunday special.... lightly spiced chicken stew is cooked in coconut milk along with potatoes, carrots or other vegetables of your choice....is mostly served as a breakfast with bread or appam........a favorite dish of Syrian Christian community of Kerala.
As with most Christians, Sunday is day for church and leisure.....while growing up, by the end of Sunday morning mass, my stomach would be grumbling, because I know amma has already made chicken stew and appam....gosh!! my brothers and I used to rush home ....ah! Sundays were special...especially breakfast and lunch......okay, fast forward to present....traditions never die!! my kids look forward to…
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