MIXED VEGETABLE STEW

Here is another recipe by aunty.

MIXED VEGETABLE STEW

Ingredients:
100 grms carrots cubed
100 grms potatoes cubed
100 grms cauliflower florets
50 grms French beans cut into I inch in length
1 tomato cut into cubes
25 grms green peas
Any other vege of your choice.
¼ tsp tumeric powder
A pinch of asafoetida powder
1 big onion sliced
2 tsp garlic and ginger paste
½ tsp aniseeds
1 inch cinnamom stick
3 cardamom pods
1 tbs oil
Salt to taste
1 sprig curry leaves

To Grind:
5 dry red chillies
1 tbs coriander seeds
2 green chillies
1 tsp cumin seeds
2 tsp poppy seeds
5 cashew nuts
½ cup coconut scrapings
1 tbs rice powder
Little coriander leaves

Method:
Boil all the vegetables with little water, tumeric powder and salt.
See that the veges are not over cooked.

Dry roast all the ingredients (red chillies,poppy seeds, coriander seeds
Cumin seeds )
Now grind to a fine paste with the green chillies, cashew nuts coconut,
Coriander leaves and rice powder.
Heat a wok with oil or ghee if you like.
Add in the cinnamon stick, cardamom pods and aniseeds.
Now add in the sliced onions and sauté till the onions turn golden brown.
Add in the ginger garlic paste stir nicely. Add in the curry leaves.
Now add in the ground paste and sauté nicely .
Add about 1 ½ cups of water (more if you want more gravy )
Let it boil once, add the boiled veges with the water in which it was boiled. Add in salt and asafoetida powder.
Simmer for sometime, add in the coriander leaves and remove.
Serve with rice or rotis.