Vegetable Stew - Kerala Style

This is an easy , cream and mild vegetable curry made in every homes in Kerala, when there is any special function...

Ingredients

1. Onion sliced - 1 big
2. Green Peas - 1/2 cup (soaked overnight)
3. Potato cubes - 4 medium
4. Carrot cubes - 1 big
5. Ginger chopped - 1 Tsp
6. Green Chilly - 6
7. Cinnamon Sticks - 2 
8. Cardamom - 1
9. Thick Coconut Milk - 1 cup
10. Curry Leaves - 2 Sprigs
11. Salt

Tempering

1. Ghee - 1 Tbsp
2. Shallots - 5 thinly sliced
3. Curry Leaves - 1 Sprig
4. Ginger finely chopped- 1 pinch

Preparation

• Pressure cook potato, onion, carrot, green peas , ginger and green chilly with enough salt and 3/4 cup of water  for 2 whistles.
• Release the pressure and add curry leaves, cardamom , cinnamon sick. Let it leave the flavour .
• Slowly add the thick coconut milk and mix well. Do not boil. Just heat on low flame. Off the flame.
• Heat ghee in a pan, add the chopped ginger, sliced shallots and curry leaves. Let the shallots brown.
• Pour it onto the curry.
• Serve hot with appam , Idiyappam or soft bread.  

Notes

• Use can also use pepper powder and lessen the amount of green chilly.
• To make it more rich you can add cashew paste after adding coconut milk.

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Linking this to South Indian cooking hosted by Nandoo's kitchen , an event by Anu and  to WTML hosted by Motions and emotions event organised by Gayathri's Cooks Spot