MIXED VEGETABLES CURRY

INGREDIENTS

2 small baingan (brinjal)

2 green (kuchcha) kela

2 carrots

¼ cup French beans

¼ cup pumpkin (lauki)

2-3 drum sticks

½ cup grated coconut, 1 cup soured curd

1” crushed ginger

4-6 green chilies, 4-5 curry leaves

1 tsp turmeric, ½ tsp zeera powder

2 whole red chilly, 5-6 garlic flake chopped finely

2 tbsp oil

Salt to taste

METHOD

1 Wash all the vegetables and cut 2”x2’ size, heat a pan, add all the vegetables, turmeric powder, salt and water allow it to boil

2 Mix the grated coconut, green chilies and zeera and grind to make a thick paste, add this paste to the vegetables and cook for some time.

3 Heat oil in a kadahi, add garlic, ginger, curry leaves, red chilly, let it splutter, temper the vegetables with this and cook on low heat for 2-3 minutes.

Serve hot

Note: This dish is very popular in Andhra Pradesh, it is cooked in coconut oil, and however in Northern part of India and it is cooked in refined or mustard oil

Selection of oil is very important according to the region of the country