Vegetable Perattal

 

 

Ingredients

Items

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Potato

2 medium size

 

(tamil:urulaikilangu)

Carrots

2 medium size

(tamil:carrot)

Peas

½ cup

(tamil:pattani)

Onion

1 whole onion medium size

(tamil:vengayam)

Tomato

1 small

(tamil:thakkali)

Shredded Coconut

¼ cup

(tamil:theyngai)

Red chillies

6

(tamil:varamilagai)

Garlic

1 flake

(tamil:vellai poondu)

Green Curry Leaves

5 leaves

(tamil:Karuvepilai)

Fennel seeds

1 teaspoon

(tamil:sombu)

Poppy seeds

½ teaspoon

(tamil:kasa kasa)

Roasted gram

1 tablespoon

(tamil:pottukadalai)

Red chilly powder

¼ teaspoon

(tamil:milagai thool)

Turmeric powder

¼  teaspoon

(tamil:manjal thool)

Salt

¾ teaspoon

Or as required

Oil

4 teaspoons

For frying

 

 

Method

 

1.      Cut the garlic into small pieces.

 

2.      Scrape off the skin from the potatoes and carrots.

 

3.      Cut all the vegetables and onion into small cubical pieces about ½ an inch.

 

4.      Boil the vegetables separately for 10 minutes first adding the carrots and finally potatoes.(Since carrot takes a little more time to boil than the potatoes.)

 

5.      Pour it into a strainer and drain all the water.

 

6.      Grind garlic,fennel seeds,poppy seeds,bengal gram,red chillies and coconut in the blender.Make sure it is finely grounded.1/4 cup of water can be added while grinding.

 

7.      Heat 4 teaspoons of oil in a tawa.Add the bay leaf ,¼ teaspoon of fennel seeds and green curry leaves.

 

8.      When they splutter add the onions and tomato and sauté well.Add the fresh green peas and sauté that too.

 

9.      Now add the boiled vegetables and turn over.

 

10.  Add turmeric powder,chilly powder and salt.Turn over well.

 

11.  Pour the grinded coconut paste into the sauce pan and turn over.

 

12.  Cook until it becomes like a thick vegetable gravy.It shouldn’t be watery.

 

13.  Transfer to a serving dish.

 

 

Tips

 

·         Make sure all the vegetables are washed before cooking.

·         The vegetables can be boiled in the microwave too.

·         Vegetables like Beetroot and cauliflower can be added too.

·         The same recipe  can be done with green jack fruit(Plakkai) and potatoe.

·         When you boil the vegetables make sure they don’t get too soft.Otherwise they would be mashed up.

·         In case you don’t have red chillies substitute with ½ teaspoon of chilly powder.

·         Use a non-stick casserole or tawa.

·         Goes along very well with chappathis and white rice.