Vegetable Stew

This dish is an easier version of avial. Quick and easy to prepare with your frozen mixed veggie packet off the freezer.

Ingredients:

1. Assorted vegetables (potatoes, carrots, cauliflower, french beans, and green bell peppers) - 4 cups , chopped
2. Onions -2, sliced
3. Green cardamoms - 4, whole
4. Cloves -4
5. Cinnamon stick - 1 "
6. Chilies -2
7. Ginger-2 , cut lengthwise
8. Black peppercorns- 1 tsp, coarsely crushed
9. Coconut milk- 2 cups
10. Water - 2 cups
11. Oil - 4 tbsp
12. few curry leaves
13. salt to taste

Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan.
2. Add the green cardamoms, cloves and cinnamon when oil is hot and fry for a few seconds.
3. Then add the chillies, ginger and sliced onions and saute on medium heat for 2 min or till the onions are transparent
4. Add the vegetables, curry leaves, salt and water.
5. Cover and cook on low heat till the vegetables are cooked.
6. Add the peppercorns and the coconut milk.
7. Simmer on very low heat (so that the coconut milk does not curdle) for a min.

Serves 4
Serving Suggestion: Coconut Rice