This is a very simple and a healthy dish made by boiling the vegetables in cocunut milk along with few spices. It’s a very famous dish in kerala and some other parts of South India.. It’s a very light dish which is easy for the stomach as no much masalas are added & the thick & creamy coconut milk enhances the flavor of this dish. This goes very well with Aappam & Idiappam( String Hoppers).. I strongly recommend you to give this combo a try.
Ingredients
- Cubed Carrot, Potato, Beans, Green Peas – 1/4 -1/2 cup
- Onion – 1
- 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
- Stew with Aappam
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.
delicious stew