Kerala style veg stew

                                               KERALA STYLE VEG STEW

This veg stew is easy to make lightly spiced, delicate and aromatic stew made with mixed vegetables, coconut milk and spices. A popular stew from the Kerala cuisine.

INGREDIENTS

• Thin coconut milk – 1 cup
• Thick coconut milk – 3/4  or  1 cup
• Cooked mix veges – 1 ½ cup [ green peas ,small potato cubed ,carrot cubes ,cauliflower ,beans]
• Onion finely sliced – 1
• Ginger and garlic crushed – 1 tsp
• Curry leaves – few
• Oil – 2 tsp
• Black pepper – ½ tsp
• Cashew – 14
• Clove – 2
• Cardamom -2
• Cinnamon – 1 small piece
• Green chilli -3 or as per taste
• Poppy seeds / khus khus – 2 tbsp
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION

1. Extract coconut milk from freshly grated coconut by grinding it .Refer here for recipe – How to extract Coconut milk at home
2. Finely chop the veges and cook it till soft. Don’t over cook it .
3. Soak the poppy seeds over night or for few hrs.
4. Make a fine paste of cashew + poppy seeds + green chilli + cinnamon + cardamom + clove.
5. Add this paste to the first thick milk and mix it .Keep aside.

METHOD

Heat oil in a pan ,add black pepper and fry for few seconds.

Add sliced onion and fry till translucent .[ colour should not change ]

Add ginger + garlic paste and fry till raw smell leaves.

Add the cooked veges and fry for few seconds .

Lower the flame .

Add the thin milk + salt and allow it to boil .

As it starts boiling add the thick milk and mix well.

Simmer on low flame for 1  or 2 minutes and off the flame.

Garnish with curry leaves.

Serve hot with Southindian accompaniments like dosa  / appam / idiappam / parotta.

NOTES

1. Don’t boil much after adding thick milk.
2. The colour of the gravy has to be white ,so avoid onions from browning.
3. Adjust the consistency as per your taste.
4. It should not be very watery.
5. Use coconut oil to enhance the flavour.
6. For yellow colour add little turmeric pwdr.
7. Use less oil .
8. The same recipe goes for egg stew / potato stew / chicken stew.
9. Use freshly grated coconut.
10. Don’t over cool the veges.

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