Coconut Milk Masala

Ingredients :

• Any mix vegetable* - 2 cups [ chopped into cubes ]
• Coconut milk - 2 cups [ you can use ready made milk also ]
• Salt - as required
• Sugar - little

 * Here I have taken chow-chow, red pumpkin, potato & beans. But you can use flower, carrot, potato, beans, peas etc.


For grinding :

• Aniseed - 1/2 tsp
• Chutney dal [ pottu kadalai ] - 1 tsp
• Cashewnuts - 4 to 5
• Cinnamon - small piece
• Cloves - 2
• Kas-kas - 1/2 tsp
• Ginger - 1/2 inch piece
• Green chilli - 4 to 5 [ according to your taste ]

 Grind these 8 ingredients above into a smooth paste.


Method :

Take one small cooker, add chopped vegetables, salt, half cup coconut milk, ground masala along with little water. Close the cooker and allow to cook till 2 whistles to come. After the pressure leaves, open the lid and add the remaining coconut milk & sugar to that. When it starts boiling slightly, remove from the gas.

Serve hot with kesar pulav, papad & pickle.