Aappam With Vegetable Stew

Recipe By:
Kaykay
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  • Yield 4 Servings
  • Level Medium

An authentic South Indian recipe that is popular in the state of Kerala.
 

Ingredients

  • 1 full coconut
  • 2 big potato (scraped and cut into thin slices)
  • 1 big tomato (cut into small pieces)
  • 1 cup fresh peas (shelled)
  • 2 onion (peeled and cut into slices)
  • 1/2 cup carrots (scraped and cut into small pieces)
  • 6 green chillies (finely chopped)
  • 1 inch piece ginger (chopped finely)
  • Salt to taste
  • For seasoning:
  • 1 tespoon oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
  • 1/2 teaspoon urad dal
  • 1 spring curry leaves
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Directions

  1. 1. Extract the coconut milk 3 times. Keep the 1st milk separately.
  2. 2. In the 2nd and 3rd extracted milk add all the vegetables, ginger, green chillies and salt.
  3. 3. Boil and cook till the vegetables are tender.
  4. 4. Heat oil in a frying pan, season with mustard seeds, urad dal and curry leaves.
  5. 5. Pour it over the vegetable stew, mix well and simmer till the gravy becomes thick.
  6. 6. Add the 1st extracted coconut milk, mix well and remove from the fire.
  7. 7. Garnish with coriander leaves; Serve hot with aappam or chappaties, rice etc. As a side dish.
  8. To extract the coconut milk:
  9. 8. Grind the finely grated coconut in a mixie.
  10. 9. Transfer to a vessel and add 1 1/2 cups of hot boiling water.
  11. 10. When cooled, squeeze out the milk and strain through a strainer.
  12. 11. In this way extract the milk 2 more times.