Potato Stew is a very easy and simple dish of Kerala that goes well with Appam, Poori, Chapathi, Puttu, Idiyappam, or even with plain bread. Recently, I tasted this in my friend's house. She served this yummy potato stew with brown rice Idiyappam and it tasted divine. My MIL used to grind the coconut and add the coconut paste to this stew, but my friend told that its conventional to use the coconut milk instead of grinding and adding the coconut paste. So, this time, I tried adding coconut milk and it turned out so yummy. Also, instead of adding only potato, I enriched with peas, carrot and beans to make it much healthier.
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| Kerala Style Potato Stew Recipe |
Preparation and Yield:
| Preparation time | 5 mins |
| Cooking Time | 30 mins |
| Servings | 5 |
| Recipe Category | Main |
| Recipe Cuisine | South Indian |
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| Kerala Style Potato Stew Recipe |
Ingredients:
| Potato | 3 |
| Onion | 2 |
| Green Chilli | 3 |
| Carrot | 1 |
| Beans | 10 |
| Green Peas | 1/4 cup |
| Chopped ginger | 1 tablespoon |
| Curry Leaves | few |
| Coconut Oil | 1 tablespoon |
| Peppercorns | 1 teaspoon |
| Pepper Powder | 1/4 teaspoon |
| Thin Coconut Milk* | 2 Cup |
| Thick Coconut Milk* | 1 Cup |
| Salt | To Taste |
* I have used the store bought coconut milk available in the tin. For thin coconut milk, i took a cup of coconut milk from the tin and added a cup of water.
For Seasoning:
| Oil | 1 tablespoon |
| Cinnamon Stick | 1 inch stick |
| Cloves | 3 |
| Bay Leaf | 1 |
| Cardamom | 2 |
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Method:
- Heat a heavy bottomed pan and add oil. Add whole garam masalas and saute them in oil. To that, add the peppercorns, slit green chillies, curry leaves and chopped ginger and saute them all till you get a nice aroma out of the masala
- Then, add the thinly sliced onions and saute them in oil till they turn translucent. When the onions are translucent, then add chopped potatoes, carrot, beans and peas and stir-fry in high flame for couple of minutes
- Then add thin coconut milk along with salt and cook the veggies till they are nicely tender and soft
- When the veggies are cooked completely, add the thick coconut milk and mix well. When the stew starts to boil, add coconut milk along with chopped curry leaves and pepper powder and mix well
- The delicious Kerala Style Potato Stew is now ready to serve! Relish with your roti, idiyappam or appam and enjoy the dish!
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| Kerala Style Potato Stew Recipe |