Vegetable Stew Kerala Style |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 20 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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this is a delicately flavoured vegetable stew completely oil free that goes well with rice or thick slices of bread. Ingredients:
coconut milk - 2 cups |
potatoes - 3 large boiled and cubed |
onions - 2 large - cut in large chunks |
carrots, beans,cauliflower - a cupful cut in medium sized pieces |
green peas - 1/2 cup |
ginger - 1/2 inch - cut in strips |
chillies - 2 cut in strips |
green cardamom - 1 |
cinnamon - 1/2 inch stick |
cloves - 2 |
salt |
Directions:
1. heat about 1and a 1/2 cups of water
2. throw in the whole spices,chillies, ginger and the vegetables [or you could steam all the vegetables first instead of cooking them in the water - but if you do them this way,the flavours of the vegetables gets in to the water and everything comes together well]
3. add salt to taste
4. when the vegetables are cooked,mash a few of the potato pieces to thicken the stew
5. add coconut milk - [keep the flame on low]
6. don't let the coconut milk boil, when it simmers gently switch it off and cover with a tight lid to let all the flavours come together.
7. enjoy!
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