Bunny Chow

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  
• 2 bay leaves
  
• 1 cinnamon stick
  
• 2 large white onions
  
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
  
• 1 teaspoon finely chopped ginger
  
• 1 teaspoon coriander
  
• ¹/₂ teaspoon cumin
  
• 3 tablespoons garam masala
  
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper (or more to taste)
  
• 2 teaspoons tumeric
  
• 2 ground cardamom pods
  
• 2 tomatoes, diced
  
• 2 cups carrots, diced
  
• 2 cups potatoes, cubed
  
• 2 large, boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  
• 1-2 cups chicken stock or water
  
• 2 unsliced loaves of crusty white bread, each cut across in half in the middle and most of inside hollowed out like a bread bowl