Vegetable stew recipe , Veg stew Kerala style | How to make vegetable stew with step by step photos and video recipe. most popular recipe of Kerala. had as side dish for appam, idlis and dosas.
Stew is mildly spiced with the fresh flavors of coconut milk and vegetables. it is commonly called as “Ishtu” and the potato stew being more popular than the veg stew. this is a slight modification of it.
In traditional ishtu recipe, Vegetables and onions are NOT sauteed and cooked together either in water or in thin coconut milk. adding cashew paste is optional.
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Vegetable stew recipe
Vegetable stew recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup onion - chopped
- 1 large potato - diced
- 1 large carrot - chopped
- 1/8 cup beans - chopped
- 3 tbsp peas
- 3 nos green chilli slit
- 1 spring curry leaves
- 1 inch cinnamon stick
- 2 nos cloves
- 1 no cardamom
- salt to taste
- 1 tbsp ginger - chopped
- 1/8 tsp turmeric powder
- 1.5 cups thin coconut milk
- 1 cup thick coconut milk
- 2 tbsp cashew paste
- 1 spring curry leaves
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
Instructions
- take a thick bottomed vessel and put in onions, potatoes, carrots, beans, peas, green chillies, curry leaves, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, salt, ginger and turmeric powder all together.
- add little water just enough for the vegetables to get cooked.
- mix well close and cook until the vegetables are soft.
- open and switch off. after 2 minutes, add thin coconut milk, mash slightly.
- further add cashew paste and mix well.
- let it just heat up but do not boil.
- switch off when it slightly gets heated up.
- add thick coconut milk, curry leaves and coconut oil.
- do not cook further. mix well and close immediately to set the flavors in.
- serve hot with appam or idlis or dosas.
Video
How to make vegetable stew Kerala style
1.take a thick bottomed vessel or pan or cooker. add onions, potatoes, carrots, beans,peas, green chillies and curry leaves all at once.
2. add cinnamon and cloves to it.
3. further add cardamom and salt to taste.
4. add just enough water for the vegetables to get cooked. also add turmeric powder and chopped ginger. adding turmeric powder is optional but since we are using so many vegetables, i prefer adding turmeric.
5. mix well. close and cook until the vegetables are soft but not mushy.
6. open and switch off. after 2 minutes. once the mixture is warm, add thin coconut milk.
7. mix once and mash it slightly. mashing is just to make the stew little thick. add cashew paste for the extra richness and also to give thickness to the stew.
8. switch on and let it get heated up. when you find the vapors coming out. switch off immediately. need not boil further. now, add thick coconut milk.
9. lastly, add curry leaves and a drizzle of coconut oil.
10. mix well and close immediately to retain the fresh flavors.
serve hot with appam.
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