Mizo chicken stew from The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook: 300 Classic Recipes from the Great Reg

Ingredients

• 225 g/8 oz carrots, cut at an angle
• 450 g/1 lb small potatoes, peeled
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• 8 large garlic cloves, crushed
• 15 g/½ oz fresh root ginger, finely chopped
• 7.5 ml/1½ tsp salt, or to taste
• 1 chicken, weighing approximately 1.5 kg/3 lb 5 oz
• fine strips of fresh root ginger and tomatoes, to garnish
• 3-4 fresh green chillies, slit open lengthways (deseeded if preferred)
• 150 g/5 oz/1¼ cups cooked basmati rice
• Plain Boiled Rice, or warm Indian bread, to serve