STEW

appam normally requires a nice side dish.. stew is one among the best side dishes ever for appam..

Serves : 6

Preparation time : 10-15 min

Cooking time : 15-20min

You need :

Beef : 500g 

Potato : chopped 1 cup

Carrot : chopped 1 cup

Green Peas : 1 cup 

Ginger : 1 medium piece chopped

Onion : 2 large chopped

Garlic : 6 pods

Green Chillies : 6

Turmeric Powder : 1/2 tsp

Chilli powder : 1 tsp

Crushed pepper : 1 tsp

Ginger Garlic paste : 2 tsp

Coconut milk : 2 cups

Vinegar : 2 tbsp

Curry leaves 

Oil to cook, salt to taste

Water as required

Spices to grind :

Cinnamon

Cardamom 

Nutmeg

Pepper

Fennel

Cloves

Method :

Cut stew meat and wash thoroughly. Drain excess water.

Add 1 tsp chilli powder, 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp pepper powder, ground spices, ginger garlic paste and pressure cook the meat till 10 whistles or till it is done. Steam the potatoes,carrots and peas with salt. Extract coconut milk. Keep the first extract aside. Make 2 more extractions.

In a pan, heat oil, saute curry leaves, green chillies, garlic, ginger, onion. Add 1tsp coriander powder. Add the cooked veggies and fry for a minute. Add this to the meat, and add the coconut milk (2nd and third extractions), 1 cup of water and bring to a boil. Add the first extracted milk now.When the sides start boiling, add 2 tbsp vinegar. Don't let it boil. Serve hot with appam.

Discard meat from the recipe to get a veg stew.

happy cooking!!!