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Vegetable Stew Recipe

Yields1 ServingPrep Time15 minsCook Time20 minsTotal Time35 mins

Vegetable stew is a semi-solid flavourful broth like dish made of different kinds of veggies mixed up with some spices that are made to boil in low flame for a long time.

vegetable stew recipe

Vegetables Required To Make Vegetable Stew
 ½ cup Shallots
 1 Nos Carrot
 5 Nos French Beans
 2 Nos Potato
 1 cup Peas
 2 Green Chilli
 1 Inch Ginger
 5 Cloves Garlic
 1 Twig Curry Leaves
 1 tsp Coriander Leaves
For Tempering
 1 Anise
 1 Bay Leaf
 2 Cloves
 1 Inch cinnamon
 2 Cardamom / Elaichi
 1 tsp Black Pepper
Other Ingreients Required To Make Vegetbale Stew
 2 cups Coconut Milk
 2 tsp Coconut Milk
 Salt as Required
 Water as Required
Clean And Cut The Veggies
1

To make vegetable stew recipe, wash and clean the vegetables and finely chop the shallots and keep it.

2

Mince the garlic cloves and grate the ginger.

3

Boil the peas and potatoes.

4

Peel off the skin from the potatoes and mash them.

5

Cut the beans and carrot in one inch size evenly.

6

Slit the green chillies and finely chop the curry leaves and coriander leaves too.

Crush The Spices To Make Vegetable Stew Recipe
7

Drop in two or three elaichis in a handy mortar and pestle (ural in tamil) and crush them. Take out the skin and keep the elaichi powder.

8

Then you clean the mortar and crush the black pepper make a coarse powder out of it.

Make The Stew
9

Place a saucepan in the stove and keep it in high flame.

10

Pour in a little (One to two tablespoons approx) coconut oil in it.

11

Once it is heated, adjust the flame to medium mode.

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Add a bay leaf, and the measured quantities of anise, cinnamon, cloves one by one to the pan and you will get a nice aroma out of it in seconds.

13

Then tip in the grated ginger, minced garlic and slit green chillies to it.

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Mix well with a ladle.

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• At this stage, drop in the finely chopped shallots and stir well.

16

When they become translucent, add the sliced beans and carrot to it and stir well.

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Let it soften for a while and lower the flame if you want.

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After a while, add the boiled peas and mashed potatoes to it and stir well.

19

Add the required salt to it and close it with a lid and simmer the flame. Splash a little water and pop the lid on.

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Let it cook for a while.

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After three or four minutes, just open the lid and pour the coconut milk.

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Dilute it with two or three cups of water

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Close it again with the lid and let it cook for ten minutes approximately in low flame.

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After you get a nice flavour out of it, open the lid and garnish it with finely chopped curry leaves and coriander leaves.

25

Finally, sprinkle the pepper powder and elaichi powder to it and when it reaches the desired (slight creamy)consistency turn off the stove. Now the aromatic vegetable stew is ready to eat.

26

Transfer it to a soup bowl and serve hot with appam or Idiyappam.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 cup

Servings 0

Amount Per Serving
Calories 130
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 2g4%
Total Carbohydrate 14g5%
Protein 10g20%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.