Veg Kuruma

Kuruma is yet another south Indian delicacy. Usually served along with idiappam and appam etc. Its usually some vegetables cooked along with ground coconut and spices. The flavours will be like ... fantastic... Here goes the recipe...

Ingredients:
onions - 2 nos
potatoes - 2 nos
green peas - 1/2 cup
chopped beans - 1/2 cup
carrots - 2 nos
salt for taste
oil - 4 tbsp

To grind:
Coconut grated - 1 cup
coriander powder - 2 tsp
cloves - 3 nos
Cinnamon - 1 stick
aniseed - 1/2 tsp
green chillies - 4 nos
turmeric - 1/4 tsp
poppy seeds - 1/4 tsp

Method:
Cook potatoes( diced), Green peas, chopped carrots and beans( chopped) and keep aside. Grind all the to grind ingredients into a coarse paste and keep aside. In a stew pot, heat oil , add finely sliced onions and fry till golden brown. Add the ground paste, enough water, salt for taste. Now cover and cook until its half cooked. Add the cooked vegetables and simmer for 5 min. Serve hot with appam or string hoppers etc.

Note:
Can add tomatoes if you'll prefer. Even some people prefer to stir fry whole spices like bay leaves, cloves, cardamon, Cinnamon etc along with onions... can do that if you'll prefer those flavours also.