I have never learnt to make any Mallu (Keralite) food. Maybe it was because I had easy access to it whenever I wanted. The only things I think I attempted to make were the Kadala Curry and Egg Curry after inspiration from Sig. There's a lot of stuff that I make that is so similar to Keralite food. My everyday upkari becomes a thoran in Kerala. I could pass off my proper Iyengar avial as a Keralite dish. But to me these foods are not typical of the only state in southern India that I am not connected to directly. (Being someone from Karnataka and Tamilnadu, I'm married to someone from Andhra Pradesh!) These are foods that I have grown up eating and can hence only think of them as Konkani or Tamil, however similar they may be.
Stew is quite another story. I can't remember where I first had it. But I remember licking my lips as I placed in my mouth the last piece of appam soaked with the remnants of the stew in my bowl. And I remember that taste as so distinctly Keralite. I have made this quite often and I used to take it to my uncle after my aunt passed away. It was the last dish I took to him on my way to work. I made this yesterday for the first time since then.
1 cup Coconut Milk
1 tsp Oil
1 cup Mixed Vegetables (Potatoes, Carrots, Beans, Cauliflower and Peas), boiled
1/2 cup Onions, sliced
7-8 Curry Leaves
8-10 Pepper Corns
1 Cardamom Pod (optional)
1" stick Cinnamon
3 Cloves
2 Green Chillies, slit
Salt to taste
I love stew with appams, but figured that it tastes great with rice too. Off this goes to Jyothsna of Curry Bazaar for this month's RCI - Kerala.
10 comments:
i love stew! in fact, anything coconut or coconut milk based! :D
yes, it tastes good with steaming bowl of rice too:)
SAME PINCHHHHHH
Just made this for dinner with aapams - our first time trying it at home, while I am yet to aquire a taste for this, S absolutely LOVED it - ate enough to fall asleep on the flight he'll be boarding shortly...and I am beaming thanks to all the compliments...am posting the same soon for RCI- my recipe is slightly diff from yours :)
We think TOO alike...however I did not make this specially for RCI, wanted to use the Aapam ready mix i'd bought long ago, and then once I made the stew I remembered RCI kerala is on too!
Hi Raaga, Will drop back to see the picture!
@Nags: I love it too... coconut milk more than coconut.
@Sia: Yeah... we loved it.
@Nandita: Wow... we do think alike... would love to see your recipe :-)
@Poonam: This evening :-) for sure.
Just a tip from a mallu... try using cashew-paste instead of the cornflour as thickening agent. Added with the coconut milk :)
Hey, didn't we establish I am your Kerala connection? :)
Stew is great with rice and appam.. I don't add corn flour normally, I will try with that next time... I also like the cashew paste tip from the anonymous here...
istu. repeat after me istooooo. :D
@Anon: Thanks
@Sig: I didn't use the cornflour either... but the person who taught me to, told me to put it.
And I'll remember from now on that I am directly connected to Kerala through you... how can I forget the kadala curry?
@Bee: Istu... istu... :-)
after reading so many recipes of stew..i am finally going to make it..i have gotten waay too tempted!
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