APPAM AND VEG STEW RECIPE

Appam And Veg Stew Recipe Preparation Time 40 Minutes Cooking Time 25 Minutes Difficulty Average Recipe Type Veg. Serves Serves 3 Ingredients: • For Appams: • 1 cup Basmati rice( soaked for 3 hrs) • 3 tbsp Cooked Rice • 1/2 of one Coconut • 1 tsp Sugar • Salt to taste • For Stew: • 1 Potato • ½ cup Soaked Green Peas • ½ cup Carrot( diced) • 4 Beans • 3 Green Chillies(chopped) • 1 tsp Ginger(grated) • 1 tsp Garlic (grated) • 1 Onion(big) • 1 tsp Small Onions (crushed) • 2 tbsp Coriander Powder • 1 tsp Garam Masala • ½ cup Thick Coconut Milk • 1 cup Thin coconut milk • For garnishing: • 1 tsp Ghee • 2 Dry Red Chillies (Kollamulaku) • 1 tsp Small Onions(Kunjulli) • 1 tsp Mustard seeds How to make Appam And Veg Stew: • Grind basmati, cooked rice and coconut with 1/2 cup water. Set it aside in a warm place. • Add water, salt, a pinch of soda bicarbonate and a tsp of sugar to the fermented batter. • For making stew: • In a pressure cooker, sauté the ginger, garlic, onion, and the small onion and the green chillies. • Once the onion becomes transparent , add the vegetables and stir it up well. • Add coriander powder and mix it well for 1 min. • Add 1 cup of thin coconut milk and mix well. • Cook( boil) it in high flame, till the 1 whistle and later, on a low flame for 5 minutes. • Once the pressure settles , add the thick coconut milk and stir it up well. • Add garam masala( do not heat after adding garam masala) add pepper too. • And splutter some mustard seeds, small onions, dry red chillies and curry leaves in ghee. • Garnish the stew with the above masalas.