Thursday, August 6, 2009

KERALA FOOD ITEMS:VEGETABLE STEW


Ingredients

Potatoes- 3
Peas 1/2 -cup
Carrot(cut into small cubes) -1/2 cup
Onions -1 large
green chillies,(cut into long slits) -5
cloves -5
cinnamon stick -1 inch
whole black pepper -5-6
ginger,thinly chopped -1tbsp
fresh curry leaves -7-8
coconut oil -2 tbsp
Thick coconut milk,fresh or canned -1 cup
salt to taste

Method

Cut the potatoes and carrots into cubes.Cut the onion into thin long slices.In a cooking vessel, put the potatoes, carrots,peas,onions alongwith the cut green chillies and ginger.Add the whole black pepper,cloves and the cinnamon.Add 3/4 cup water and salt.Cover the vessel and keep it for boiling on a medium flame for around 5 minutes.Check if the potatoes are cooked and then take the lid off and continue cooking till there is very little liquid.Then add the coconut milk and mix and cook on slow flame for 2 minutes.Then add curry leaves and the coconut oil and mix.Serve hot with vellappams.

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