And I am back after a long 'break' for my exams! I have quite some free time on my hands now till classes start again, so here comes some cooking fun!
Kerala Style Vegetable Stew with Steamed Rice |
Kerala Style Vegetable Stew
Ingredients
1 tbsp oil
1 tbsp ginger paste
15 curry leaves
2 inch cinnamon stick
5 whole black peppercorns
2 green chillies slit lengthwise
2 medium onions finely chopped
50 gms carrot diced into 1/4 inch cubes
50 gms cauliflower, florets separated
50 gms potato diced into 1/4 inch cubes
50 gms red pumpkin diced into 1/4 inch cubes
250 ml coconut milk
Salt to taste
250 ml water
Method
In a deep pan bring the water to a boil for parboiling the vegetables. Lower the flame and add the potatoes and carrots first. After a couple of minutes add the cauliflower and the red pumpkin. Cook with the flame on for about 3 minutes. Turn off the flame and let the vegetables be in the hot water for another 3 minutes. Drain and pour cold water on them.
In a pan, heat oil. Add the ginger paste, the green chillies, and the curry leaves. When the leaves start to splutter, lower the flame to simmer. Add in the cinnamon stick and the peppercorns and fry in the oil on the low flame for about a 45 seconds to a minute. Keep stirring so that the tempering doesn't burn.
Put the flame back on high and add the chopped onions. Fry till the onions sweat and start turning pinkish. Add in the vegetables and fry them in the pan for about 2 minutes. Cover the pan and cook the vegetables on a low flame for about 2 minutes.
Lastly, lower the flame and pour in the coconut milk and add salt to taste. Cook for about 3 minutes on the low flame till the spices blend in with the coconut milk.
This rich coconut-y piquant stew is best enjoyed with appams, idiyappams, neer dosa or steamed rice.
hey.. looks interesting and simple. will definitely try. but whats the rice-like thing?
ReplyDeleteIt's the stew served with steamed basmati rice. That's the picture!
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