Best vegetable stew recipe / veg stew recipe
Best vegetable stew recipe / veg stew recipe / Stew recipe / Veg curry recipes with detailed instructions and step by step photos. veg stew is lightly spiced aromatic gravy made of vegetables and coconut milk. Vegetable stew is from Kerala cuisine. Appam and veg stew are the best combination, you can also serve it with idiyappam(string hopper), idli or dosa. Vegetable stew recipe is mildly spiced hence you can serve it for kids too.- In a heavy bottomed pan heat some coconut oil and add tyhe whole spices to it and saute it for a minute- Add the sliced onions and saute them till they turn translucent- Now add the slit green chili and chopped ginger- Then add the veggies with 1/4 cup water and add salt and cover and cook them on high flame till they are half cooked- Now add thin coconut milk and cover and cook till the veggies are completely cooked- Finally add Thick coconut milk and 1 tsp coconut oil and switch off the flame. do not cook further as stew may curdle.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup Carrot
- 1/4 cup Beans
- 1/4 cup Potato
- 1/4 cup Peas Fresh or frozen
- 1 tbsp Coconut oil
- 1 Bay leaf
- small Cinnamon
- 3 Cloves
- 1 Cardamom
- 1 medium Onion Finely sliced
- 2 spring Curry leaf
- 2 Green chili
- Ginger
- 1 1/2 cup Coconut milk thin
- 1/2 cup Coconut milk Thick
- Salt
- Water
Instructions
- In a heavy bottomed pan heat some coconut oil and add the whole spices to it and saute it for a minute and add the sliced onions and saute them till they turn translucent
- Now add the slit green chili and chopped ginger
- Then add the veggies with 1/4 cup water and add salt and cover and cook them on high flame till they are half cooked
- Now add thin coconut milk and cover and cook till the veggies are completely cooked
- Finally add Thick coconut milk and 1 tsp coconut oil and switch off the flame. do not cook further as stew may curdle.
- Serve it hot with appam or idli dosa
Notes
You can also use store bought coconut milk to the stew, just mix some warm water to the coconut milk to make it thin
To cut down the time you can also pressure cook the veggies in thin coconut milk and directly add it
Usually garlic is not added in the stew but if you like the flavor you can use it