Are you looking for a simple, less complicated side
dish for chapathi or poori? Do you want to try a healthy side dish with no
masala or spices & no onion – no garlic dish? Here is an answer. This is too
comfort dish for your tummy as there is not any strong spice or flavour except very
mild pepper flavour! Your child will also enjoy this dish with rich creamy
coconut gravy combined boiled vegetables. This can be made quickly as no
complicated procedure too. You call it sagu/ korma or kootu, but it is a delicious combination to chapathi/ poori. Now, let us see the recipe!
Preparation
time: 10 minutes
Cooking
time: 15 minutes
Serves: 3
Ingredients:
Chopped
mixed vegetables of choice – 1 cup, I used carrot, beans, knol khol, tomato
Fresh
peas/ togari/ avarekalu – ¼ cup, you can use soaked dry peas as well
Fresh
grated coconut – ½ cup
Pepper
corns – 10 , adjust according to required spice level
Salt
- 1 tsp, to taste
Oil
– 1 tsp (I used coconut oil)
Mustard
seeds – ½ tsp
Curry
leaves - 1 sprig
Dry
red chilli - 1
Method:
Wash and chop vegetables into small pieces.
Wash peas/ hyacinth beans and boil with chopped
vegetables with water and salt. Cook until soft. You can use pressure cooker to
cook these vegetables.
Meanwhile, grate coconut. Grind with pepper corns
to make smooth paste.
Add this coconut paste to the cooked vegetables.
Boil well.
Prepare a seasoning of oil, mustard, cut dry red
chilli and curry leaves. On sputtering, add to the curry.
Serve with chapathi or poori.
Notes:
You can use your choice of vegetables.
If you like mildly spiced gravy, then you can add small piece of cinnamon & 3 cloves while grinding coconut.
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