MALABAR VEGETABLE KURMA

ITEMS REQUIRED:

Snake gourd                       ½ (of big one)

Drumstick                            1

Carrot                                     2

Beans                                      8

Onion                                      2

Coconut scrapped          ½ cup

Pepper                                 ¾ spoon

Tamarind                             ½ lime size

Green chilly                        2

Jeera                                      1 spoon (little for tempering, balance for grinding)

Red chilly                            2 (for tempering)

Curry leaf                            1 strip

Salt                                         as required

Coconut oil                        4 tbsp

Turmeric powder           small pinch

 

METHOD:

• Heat oil in kadai, add jeera,curry leaves and red chillies.
• Add onions, fry golden.
• Add vegetables, salt , turmeric powder and saute well, sprinkle little water and close with lid.
• Wet grind, coconut, jeera, green chillies and pepper.
• Once the vegetable is 80% cooked, add tamarind extract  and sauté few times and allow to cook fully.
• Add the paste when it is almost cooked and sauté few times and switch off.
• Garnish with fresh curry leaves.

Very tasty Malabar veg kurma is ready.