Ingredients
1 kg mixed vegetables (Beans, string beans, drumsticks, yam, white cucumber, yellow pumpkin, raw banana, carrot etc.)
1-tablespoon turmeric powder
1-tablespoon red chilli powder
8 green chilli
250 gms. small onions (or 2 big onions)
1 grated coconut
4 cloves of garlic
1-teaspoon cumin powder (Jeera)
1small lemon sized tamarind
1 stem curry leaves
Salt to taste.
Preparation
Wash and cut the vegetables to 3-4 cm length. Mix with turmeric powder, red chilli powder, 8 green chilli, curry leaves & add salt to taste. Add half a glass of water and put on fire, with low steam, cover it and cook well. In the meantime, mix coconut, jeera, garlic and onion in a mixie (or any other grinder). Also make tamarind pulp in little water
After 20 mins or so, when the vegetable gets boiled, add the above mixture into the boiled vegetables. After mixing well, add tamarind paste. Cook well until it gets thick with gravy. Add coconut oil on the top and cover it with a lid for some time and serve.
Instead of tamarind, we can use mango with vegetables.
Add curd (yoghurt) if you need more sour to taste.
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