Kerala Style Vegetable Stew

Vegetable Stew, an authentic dish from Kerala cuisine is a yummy curry prepared with extract of coconut milk. All the vegetables are cooked in coconut milk with the spices like black pepper, cinnamon, cloves and cardamom. This curry is completely different in taste than the regular coconut gravy curry.  The subtle flavor of curry tastes when served with south indian style breakfast dishes like Idiyappam and Appam. Experience this special, diverse, easy, awesome, delicious dish by following easy step by step recipe.

Ingredients:

Vegetables:
Carrot – 1 Cup
Green Peas – ½ Cup
Potato – ½ Cup
Fresh Beans – ¼ cup




~For Saute Ingredients
Chopped Onion  - ½ Cup
Slit Green Chilies – 3 to 4 nos.
Garlic and Ginger Paste – 1tsp each
Curry Leaves – Few



Extract Coconut Milk
Thin Coconut Milk – 1 .5 cup
Thick Coconut Milk – ½ cup
Cashew Paste Gravy - 1/4 cup (Optional)




Spices
Cloves – 4 to 5 nos
Black Pepper Fresh Crushed – 2 tsp
Cardamom – 2 to 3 Nos.
Cinnamon – ½ tsp 
Salt  to taste
Oil for frying

Method:

Step 01) Heat a pan in range add 2 tbsp of coconut oil and fry the crushed spices for a minute

Step 02) Add chopped onion, slit green chilies,  few curry leaves , ginger and garlic paste and saute till onion turns to pink

 

Step 03) Add the vegetables, salt and thin coconut extract milk and cook till vegetables are tender

Step 04) Lastly add the thick coconut extract milk for more thick creamy texture add cashew paste and cook them for 3 to 4 mins.

 

Serving: Serve with south Indian style Idiyappam, Appam. This time i served with Idiyappam. 

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Cauliflower Bonda

Similar to snacks like Potato bajji or Onion Pokada you can prepare this spicy irresistible snack with cauliflower. You can serve as starter or snack. Instead of red chili powder you can use garam masala /blend of ground spices Or in the end you can sprinkle some chaat masala/sweet and sour taste masala powder and toss the deep fried florets to get tongue tickling taste.

Ingredients:

• Cauliflower – 2 cups florets
• Oil for deep drying

~ For Batter:

• Besan Flour/Kadalai Mav/ Gram Flour - 1 cup
• Corn Flour - 2 tbsps
• Rice Flour – 1 tbsp
• Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tsp
• Asafoetida Powder - 1/4 tsp
• Red Chili Powder - 3 tsp
• Turmeric Powder – ½ tsp
• Coriander leaves – ½ cup
• Salt to taste
• Water - 1 cup

Method:

Step 01) Take a big vessel add all the above batter ingredients adding little water at a time prepare a batter like thick idli batter consistency

 

Step 02) Wash the cauliflower in warm water and cut them into medium size florets. Add some of the florets into the batter and dip it nicely for 1 min. 

 

Step 03) Heat some oil in a frying pan. When the oil is hot enough, take the cauliflower florets which are rolled them nicely in the batter and drop in to oil and deep fry them till golden brown.

 

Step 04) Transfer them in to paper napkin to observe the excess oil

Serving:  Serve hot with ketchup.

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