This is a dish I have come across very recently owing to a special set of circumstances. I needed to eat healthy for a while but as you know or rather, I believed, anything healthy can’t be really tasty and anything too tasty is never good for your health. Or, is it? Well, this dish certainly proved me wrong. This stew has it all – vegetables, pulses, protein, and taste.
Mom’s Kitchen
This is straight from Mom’s kitchen. When in doubt (unlike Hermione who goes to the library), I ask Ma (my mom). She gave me this recipe which is super easy but is healthy, hearty and tasted good with very little spices.
Without further ado, here’s the recipe for chicken stew.
Ingredients:
Chicken – 100gms.
Beans – 50gms.
Peas – 1/2 cup
Cabbage – 75gms. (a chunk)
Masoor or yellow moong daal – 1 tbsp.
Ginger – 1” piece
Garlic – 1-2 cloves
Onion – 1 medium
Tomato – 1 small
Salt – to taste
Pepper – 1 tsp.
Butter – 1 tsp.
Method:
- Cut the chicken into cubes and chop up all the vegetables.
- Put the chicken, vegetables, and the daal in a pressure cooker. Add salt and 1 cup water.
- Cook for 1 whistle on high and 1 whistle on low.
- Once pressure is released, open up the cooker and give it a stir to mix it. Ladle into a bowl.
- Sprinkle pepper and add butter to the hot stew. Serve hot.
This will be enough for 2 people for one meal. It’s an enriching dish which will fill your stomach and leave you with a warm, fulfilled glow. Have it on a rainy day or just a day when you feel like eating light and healthy.
This post was written for Blogchatter A2Z challenge; Day 8 – Letter “H”.
