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Vegetable Stew
🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Vegetable Stew

🇮🇳 Indian

Kerala-style vegetable ishtu — mild coconut-milk stew with carrot, beans and potato, whole spices whispering in the background. Appam’s soulmate.

Prep 20 min Cook 30 min Serves 4 Easy

Ingredients

  • Saltto taste
  • Onion1, sliced
  • Ginger1 tbsp julienned
  • Green Chili3, slit
  • Potato2, cubed
  • Curry Leaves1 sprig
  • Carrot1, cubed
  • Green Beans1 cup chopped
  • Coconut Milk2 cups (thin + thick)
  • Coconut Oil2 tbsp
  • Cloves3
  • Cinnamon1 stick
  • Green Cardamom3

Optional extras

  • Black Peppercorns1/2 tsp crushed

Instructions

  1. 1

    Sauté whole spices (cinnamon, cloves, cardamom) and onion in coconut oil.

  2. 2

    Add ginger, green chili and mixed vegetables; sauté briefly.

  3. 3

    Pour thin coconut milk; simmer until vegetables are tender.

  4. 4

    Add thick coconut milk; heat gently — do not boil hard.

  5. 5

    Finish with curry leaves tempered in coconut oil.

Chef's tip

Boiling after thick coconut milk goes in can split the stew — keep it gentle.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Vegetable Stew Recipe Kerala Style · on YouTube