Sep 19, 2011

Vegetable Stew

This is a very simple dish .This delicately flavored vegetable stew that goes well with Appam or thick slices of bread, Idiappam and Puttu. 
Ingredients
Carrot                      – 1 no (Cubed)
Potato                           – 2 no (Cubed)
Green Peas                – ½ cup
Ginger Paste                – 1 tsp
Green Chilies            – 4 no (Sliced)
Curry leaves              – few
Coconut milk tin – 1 ½ tin
Coconut oil – 1tsp
Salt to taste
 Crushed  Spices:
Whole black pepper – 1/2 tsp
Cinnamon – 2 piece
Cloves – 3 no
Cardamom – 3 no

Method: 
  • Take a ½ tin coconut milk and add ½ cup water and make a thin coconut milk. Keep aside.
  • Heat a oil in a deep bottom pan & splutter the crushed spices. Add, ginger paste, and curry leaves & green chili and sauté for a few minutes.  
  •  Add the cubed vegetables & combine well and add a thin coconut milk & salt bring to boil, reduce heat; simmer and cook till vegetables are tender.
  • Add thick coconut milk and cook for 5 more minutes & remove from fire. Garnish with coriander leaves.
  • Serve hot with Appam, Puttu .
Tip:
  •  If you want to make the gravy very thick and tastier, you can add cashew paste (soak the cashews and grind and make a cashew paste) to the coconut milk .


Vegetable Stew

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