Tirunelveli Sodhi Kuzhambu is a delicious Vegetable Stew prepared with Carrots, Potatoes, Green peas, Coconut milk, Moong dal, Garlic cloves, Onions and Raisins. This mouth-watering Side dish is also called as Mapillai Sodhi. It is an excellent Side dish for Appam, Idiyappam and Idli.
Cooking time: 20 – 25 minutes
Serves: 3
Ingredients
1 cup = 450 ml
1 spoon = 10 ml
1 tsp = 5 ml
1 coffee spoon = 2.5 ml
- Chopped Carrots – ½ cup
- Chopped Potatoes – ¼ cup
- Peeled Green peas – 3 tsp
- Chopped Onions – less than ¼ cup
- Garlic – 5 cloves
- Cooking Oil – 2 spoon
- Thick Coconut milk – slightly more than ½ cup
- Thin Coconut milk – slightly more than ¼ cup
- Ginger – an inch piece
- Green chillies – 5
- Moong dhal – ¼ cup
- Turmeric powder- ½ tsp
- Salt – required
- Lemon juice – ¾ tsp
- Chopped Coriander leaves – 3 tsp
- Raisins– 15
Method
- Cook the Moong dal with the Turmeric powder, required Salt and Water for 4 whistles in a Pressure Cooker. Mash the cooked Moong dal.
- Grind the Green Chillies and Ginger with little Water to a smooth paste. Ginger Chilli paste is ready.
- Roast the Chopped Onions with the Cooking Oil until it turns pink and transparent, in a Kadai at low flame.
- Add the Garlic Cloves to it and fry until it turns slightly brown.
- Add the prepared Ginger Chilli paste to it and sauté for a minute.
- Add the Peeled Green peas, chopped Carrots, Potatoes to it and roast for 5 minutes at low- medium flame. Sprinkle Water if required.
- Add the thin Coconut milk to it and boil the mixture for 2 minutes.
- Add the mashed Moong dal to it and stir it for a minute.
- Add the thick Coconut Milk and required Salt to it. Boil the mixture for 2 minutes. Switch off the flame.Cool the mixture for 5 minutes.
- Add the lemon juice to it and mix it well. Finally, add the chopped Coriander leaves and Raisins to it. Mix it well.Tirunelveli Sodhi Kuzhambu is ready.
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