Vegetable Stew (Kerala Style Ishtu)
Vegetable Stew (Kerala Style Ishtu)

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how to make kerala style vegetable stew with detailed photo and video recipe. popular vegetables based curry from kerala which is also known as ishtu. basically, a combination of vegetable creamy curry prepared with thick and thin coconut milk and dry spices. it is generally served with flaky malabar parotta or appam, but also popularly served with idiyappam. Kerala Vegetable Stew Recipe (Vegetable Ishtu) Veg Stew for Appam, a popular vegetable based curry from the Kerala cuisine which is also known as ishtu, where veggies are cooked in coconut milk and very mild spices. It pairs well with appam, idiyappam or even just rice.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook vegetable stew (kerala style ishtu) using 22 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Vegetable Stew (Kerala Style Ishtu):
  1. Prepare 2 cups chopped pieces/shreds of Fresh & mature Coconut
  2. Take 5 chopped green Beans
  3. Make ready 1 orange carrot, cubed
  4. Prepare 1 small Potato, cubed
  5. Take 5-6 small florets of Cauliflower
  6. Get 1/4 cup green Peas
  7. Prepare 1 finely sliced onion
  8. Make ready 1 tbsp Coconut oil
  9. Prepare 1/2 green Chilli
  10. Make ready 1/2 inch crushed Ginger (optional)
  11. Make ready 1/2 tsp Black pepper powder
  12. Prepare leaves Few Curry
  13. Make ready to taste Salt
  14. Get 1 cup water
  15. Get Dry Whole Spices
  16. Make ready 1 inch cinnamon
  17. Prepare 1 Bay Leaf
  18. Take 2 Cardamoms
  19. Prepare 2 Cloves
  20. Make ready 6 whole Peppercorns
  21. Make ready 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
  22. Get 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds

This particular dish is a mix of vegetables cooked in coconut milk and is extremely good in taste. It requires potato as the main ingredient and is very simple to cook. Wait for the steam to release and then open,remove potatoes from water immediately,add cold water. Drain and then peel the skin off.

Steps to make Vegetable Stew (Kerala Style Ishtu):
  1. First let's make coconut milk - Blend the finely chopped fresh coconut pieces with some water. Add 1 cup water and blend till the coconut is grounded well. - ● Pour it in a bowl lined with a thin muslin or fine strainer. The milk will be strained. Press with a spoon on the coconut shreds to get the Thick & creamy coconut milk. - ● Put back the coconut shreds in the blender again. Add 2 cups water and blend again. Again strain in a different bowl. Press with a spoon. This is the Thin coconut milk.
  2. In a large pan, heat coconut oil and saute mustard seeds, jeera, cloves, whole black peppercorns, cinnamon, bay leaf and cardamom.
  3. Add sliced onion, and saute till they become translucent. Then add chopped beans, carrot, potato, peas, cauliflower florets, green chilli and ginger. Add salt and black pepper powder too & saute for 2 mins.
  4. Furthermore, add 1 cup water and few curry leaves. Mix well.
  5. Cover and boil for 5 minutes or till vegetables are half cooked.
  6. Now add 2 cup Thin Coconut Milk and mix well.
  7. Boil for 6-7 minutes or till vegetables is cooked completely but not mushy.
  8. Turn off the flame and add ¼ cup Thick Coconut Milk mix well. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
  9. Serve Hot with Appam, dosa, plain Akki Roti or Rice.

Wait for the steam to release and then open,remove potatoes from water immediately,add cold water. Drain and then peel the skin off. Mash the potatoes roughly in small tid bits. Vegetable stew also known as Ishtu is one of the most popular side dish recipes served for Appam and Idiyappam/Noolappam in Kerala. I make appam at least twice in a month for breakfast as it is our family favorite.

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