Chettinad Recipes
Vegetable Curry Recipe
Passive Time | 15 minutes |
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup freshly grated coconut
- 1 tsp coriander seeds dhania, dhania
- 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds jeera, jeera
- 2 Whole dry red chillies broken into pieces, pandi
- 3 cardamoms elaichi
- 1 tsp fennel seeds saunf, saunf
- 25 mm cinnamon 1", dalchini, dalchini
- 1 tbsp Oil
- other ingredients
- 2 tbsp Poppy seeds khus-khus, khus-khus
- 2 tbsp broken cashewnuts kaju, kaju
- 25 mm piece ginger 1", adrak
- 6 Garlic Clove lehsun
- 3 tbsp Oil
- 1/2 cup chooped onions
- 3 tomatoes blanched and grated
- salt to taste
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder haldi, haldi
- 1/2 tsp chilli powder
- 4 leaves to 5 curry kadi patta, kadi_spell! patta
- 3 cups boiled mixed vegetables (cauliflower peas , french beans)
- 1/2 cup Coconut
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Instructions
- Method
- For the chettinad masala
- Heat the oil in a pan and fry the chettttinad masala ingredients till you get a roasted aroma. Keep aside.
- How to proceed
- Soak the poppy seeds and cashewnuts in hot water for 5 minutes.
- Drain, add the ginger and garlic and grind with the roasted chettinad masala and ¼ cup water to make a fine paste. Keep aside.
- Heat the oil in a kadhai, add the onions and saute till the onions turn translucent.
- Add the tomatoes, salt, turmeric powder and chilli powder and cook till the tomatoes are well blended with the masala and the oil seperates from the sides.
- Add the ground paste and curry leaves and saute for 2 minutes.
- Add 1 cup of water and vegetables,cover and cook till the gravy thickens.
- Add the coconut milk,mix well and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes. Serve hot.