Chase the flavors
Serves 2-3
Prep time 10 Minutes
Cooking time 15 Minutes
Ingredients
Coconut oil - 10 ml
Whole spices
Ginger - 1 knot
Garlic - 3-4 cloves
Onion - 1
Dry red chilli - 1
Green chilli - 1
Tomato - 3 - 4
Curry leaves - 15-20
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Carrot - 1
Eggplant - 1/2
Pumpkin - 150 gms
Lemongrass - 1 stalk
Green beans - handful
Green peas - 1 cup
Coconut cream - 1 cup
Honey - 1 tsp
Ghee - 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
1) In a kadai, heat coconut oil and add whole spices, chopped ginger and chopped garlic to it and saute.
2) Add the sliced onions and let them cook for 2-3 minutes.
3) Add the dry and fresh chillies along with the chopped tomatoes and let it cook.
4) Add mustard seeds and curry leaves to the kadai followed by the powdered spices.
5) Cover with water and let it simmer.
6) Cut all the vegetables in small cubes and add them to the kadai one by one starting off with the hardest ones, as they will take the longest to cook.
7) Beat the lemongrass stalk with the back of a knife in order to release its oils.
8) Add it to the curry and let it infuse on slow flame.
9) Add the coconut cream, salt and pepper cook it for the final 2 minutes.
10) Finish off the curry with some honey.
11) In a separate pan, make tempering with curry leaves, mustard seeds and ginger juliennes.
12) Garnish the curry with the tempering and serve hot