Appam And Veg Stew

Serves:	3
Recipe Type:	Veg.
Preparation Time:	40 M
Cooking Time:	25 M
Difficulty:	Average

Ingredients:

• For Appams:
• 1 cup Basmati rice( soaked for 3 hrs)
• 3 tbsp Cooked Rice
• 1/2 of one Coconut
• 1 tsp Sugar
• Salt to taste
• For Stew:
• 1 Potato
• ½ cup Soaked Green Peas
• ½ cup Carrot( diced)
• 4 Beans
• 3 Green Chillies(chopped)
• 1 tsp Ginger(grated)
• 1 tsp Garlic (grated)
• 1 Onion(big)
• 1 tsp Small Onions (crushed)
• 2 tbsp Coriander Powder
• 1 tsp Garam Masala
• ½ cup Thick Coconut Milk
• 1 cup Thin coconut milk
• For garnishing:
• 1 tsp Ghee
• 2 Dry Red Chillies (Kollamulaku)
• 1 tsp Small Onions(Kunjulli)
• 1 tsp Mustard seeds

Cooking Instructions:

• Grind basmati, cooked rice and coconut with 1/2 cup water. Set it aside in a warm place.
• Add water, salt, a pinch of soda bicarbonate and a tsp of sugar to the fermented batter.
• For making stew:
• In a pressure cooker, sauté the ginger, garlic, onion, and the small onion and the green chillies.
• Once the onion becomes transparent , add the vegetables and stir it up well.
• Add coriander powder and mix it well for 1 min.
• Add 1 cup of thin coconut milk and mix well.
• Cook( boil) it in high flame, till the 1 whistle and later, on a low flame for 5 minutes.
• Once the pressure settles , add the thick coconut milk and stir it up well.
• Add garam masala( do not heat after adding garam masala) add pepper too.
• And splutter some mustard seeds, small onions, dry red chillies and curry leaves in ghee.
• Garnish the stew with the above masalas.