Serving: 4 |Type: Chettinad Gravy
Ingredients:
Pilakkai | -300 grms or (1 can) |
Potato | -1-2 (optional) |
Onion | -1 medium (chopped) |
Tomato | -1 big(chopped) |
Coriander Leaves | -1tbsp |
Salt | -to taste |
Grinding:
Grated Coconut | -½ cup |
Green Chili | -2 or 3 |
Red Chili | -2-or 3 |
Aniseed (Sombu) | -1/2tsp |
Cumin | -1/2tsp |
Cashew nut | -10 or 15 |
Garlic | -3 flakes |
Ginger | -½ inch |
Cloves | -2 |
Water | -to grind |
Khus Khus (optional) | -1/2tsp |
Seasoning:
Oil | -3tbsp |
Aniseed (Sombu) | -1/4tsp |
Cumin | -1/4tsp |
Fenugreek | -1/4tsp |
Red Chili | -1 |
Curry Leaves | -few |
Cloves | -1 |
Black Stone Flower (Kalpasi) | -little |
Cinnamon | -1/2 inch (optional) |
Method:
- Remove the skin on the vegetables cut into bite size pieces keep it aside in the water.
- Take a pressure cooker heat with oil and seasonings fry it withnout burning it.
- Add onions sauté well for 1 minute then add tomatoes and salt, sauté for until tomato gets smash.
- Now add vegetables cook well about 5 minutes on medium flame.
- After the vegetables cook half way add ground paste, mix it well.
- Now add 1 cup of water cover the cooker with lid .
- Keeps until 2-3 whistle comes turn off the stove.
- After cool down the cooker open it check the salt .
- If you want it a little more liquid add little more water.
- Mix it well cook it for 5 minutes on medium flame.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.
- Serve with white rice, Chappati or pulav.
Note:
- Instead of cashew nuts you can use 2 tbsp of pottu-kadalai (fried Bengal Gram Dhal).
- You can use any other vegetable like carrot, cauliflower, peas, beans and beet root or a mixture of all together.
- Instead of grinding the ginger and garlic you can add ginger garlic paste while the onion are cooking.
- Young Jack fruit can be found in Asian supermarkets in the can food section.