Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Mixed Vegetables Curry

Ingredients:

1 cup mixed vegetables sliced and boiled (carrot, cauliflower, beans, peas, potato etc.)
1 tomato sliced thin
1 cup coconut grated
1/2 tspn ginger grated
1/2 tspn garlic crushed
3-5 green chillies
1 tbsp sesame seeds
1/2 tspn each cumin and mustard seeds
1 tspn red chilli powder
salt to taste
1 tspn lemon juice
2 cloves
1" piece cinnamon
2 tbsp butter or 1 tbsp oil


Cooking time: 20 mins

Boil the vegetables and drain the water. Keep the stock aside. Now, blend together coconut, chillies, sesame seeds, cinnamon, cloves to a good paste. Heat butter , add mustard and cumin seeds, and allow them to splutter. Then add ginger, garlic and the above paste. Stir fry for about 3-4 minutes. Now, add vegetables except for tomatoes and add 1/2 cup stock. Cover, simmer for about 5 minutes. Add salt, chilli powder and tomatoes and cook till the gravy is thick. Serve hot with parathas or rotis. It's not only healthy food but also easy to prepare yummy food.

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