Vegetable Stew

Ingredients:

Carrot – 1 (cubed)
Potato – 2 (cubed)

Beans - 2 (chopped )

Green Peas – 1/4 -1/2 cup

Onion – 1, sliced finely

Green chilly – 4-5

Ginger & garlic – 1 tbsp each, crushed

Whole black pepper – 1/2 tsp

Cinnamon – 1 piece

Cloves – 3

Cardamom – 3

Thin coconut milk – 1 1/2 cup

Thick coconut milk – 1/2 – 3/4 cup

Curry leaves

Salt

Coconut oil

method:

Heat oil in a deep bottom pan & splutter the crushed spices. Add the onion, ginger & garlic, curry leaves & green chilly and saute for a few minutes till the onion becomes soft/transparent. Dont make the onions brown. Add the cubed vegetables & combine well. Add thin coconut milk & salt, bring to boil, reduce heat; simmer and cook till vegetables are tender, it will take 10 mins approx. Add thick coconut milk and cook for 5 more minutes & remove from fire. Garnish with curry leaves fried in coconut oil or ghee.

Serve hot with appam or idyappam.