Dhappadam

A variety of fresh vegetables can be put into this to give a fine taste to the dish. This is similar to stew and gives the taste as per the vegetables used and goes well with hot rice on a rainy day. It is a sumptuous dish with a whole lot of nutritive value.

Ingredients:

Fresh vegetables:

500g yellow pumpkin, a small bottle gourd, two small carrots, two onions, handful of string beans, three small brinjals(optional).

50g seedless tamarind soaked in little water, 50g jaggery, 2tsp cornflour.

1/2tsp chilli powder, 1/4tsp haldi powder 1/2tsp jeera( cumin) powder, 1tsp dhaniya (coriander)powder,1/4tsp methi (fenugreek)powder,1tsp salt to taste. For fresher aroma, methi, dhaniya, jeera and 2/3 red chillis can be fried in a little bit of oil and powdered fine in the mixer and then be used in this dish.

For seasoning:

1tbsp oil,1/2tsp mustard seeds, 1/2tsp jeera seeds, 2 pinches of hing(asafoetida) and 1 twig of kadipatta.

Preparation:

Cut the vegetables into medium sized cubes and put that much water to cover all the vegetables and cook on medium flame. Once the vegetables are soft add the dry masalas and stir well. Take the pulp out of the tamarind, add little water to corn flour and mix it with jaggery and add this to the vegetables along with tamarind pulp. Cook for a while, take a small pan, put oil, mustard seeds, jeera, hing and kadi patta and as the seeds start spluttering add the seasoning to the dish before taking it off the flame.

This can be stored in the refrigerator. The taste in fact improves upon storing.

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