Kerala Vegetable Stew and Appam – A complete meal!
Kerala Vegetable Stew and Appam – A little smile. A word of cheer. A bit of love from someone near. A little gift from one held dear. Best wishes for the coming year. These make a Merry Christmas! I am wishing all my friends a Merry Christmas!!
Kerala breakfast:
Nothing hits a beautiful days breakfast than a rich and steaming bowl of kerala vegetable stew and appam. Keralas appam and stew is a thing of beauty. It’s the perfect embodiment of what Kerala breakfast recipes are all about – rice flour, some fermenting, light on the stomach, easily digestible, and also, a bit time-consuming as well. Cruise down the culinary art of Kerala with this easy, pillowy soft appams, and a deliciously creamy vegetable stew to mop them up with.
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Kerala Vegetable Stew cooking instructions
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cooking Time: 20 mins
serves -4
Ingredients to make Kerala Vegetable Stew and Appam
Potato – peeled and chopped into small cubes | 1 nos |
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Mixed Vegetables (I used frozen mixed veggies with carrots, green beans, green peas and corn) | 1 cup ( if using fresh vegetables cut them into small cubes) |
Onion – sliced | 1 nos |
Coconut Milk – fresh or canned | ½ cup |
Coconut cream | 6 teaspoon |
Cinnamon stick | small piece |
Cloves | 4 nos |
Green chilies | slit 2 to 3 |
Ginger | small piece(chopped) |
Garlic | 3 cloves (chopped) |
Curry leaves | 2 sprigs |
to taste Salt
Method to make Kerala Vegetable Stew and Appam
- In a pan of boiling water cook root vegetables at the beginning, green vegetables towards the end and frozen peas and sweetcorn at the last minute. Keep under running water. Cool it and keep aside. Keep the stock for the stew.
- Heat 3 tsp oil in a pan; add cinnamon, cloves and cook for 30 seconds or until fragrant.
- Add onions, green chilies, ginger and garlic and curry leaves. Cook until onions turn translucent, don’t cook the onions to brown.
- Cook for 3/4 minutes, then add the coconut milk and ½ cup of stock we saved earlier. Bring the mixture to a boil, then lower the heat and add the cooked vegetables. Simmer for few minutes.
- Season with salt and add the coconut cream. Mix well and cook for 2 more minutes. Serve hot with appams.
Note:
To get an authentic Kerala Vegetable Stew, cashew paste mixed with coconut milk is used as an additional ingredient to add thickness and richness to the stew. If you want to thicken your stew, thicken it with corn flour.
Ingredients for Appam:
Raw rice or Idli rice – 2 cups
Fully cooked rice – 1 cup
Shredded coconut – 1 cup or substitute with Coconut milk – 3/4 cup)
Sugar – 2 tsp
Salt to taste
Water
Dried Yeast / Fast action yeast – 1 tsp
Bicarbonate of Soda/ Baking soda – 1/2 tsp
Preparation of appam batter:
- Soak the raw/idli rice in water overnight.
- Add cooked rice, coconut, sugar, salt to the rice and grind it to a smooth batter.
- If you are using coconut milk, add it after grinding. The batter should be a pouring consistency and a little thinner than dosa batter.
- Add yeast and baking soda to the batter and mix well. Keep this batter overnight for fermentation.
- In winter, it takes more time to ferment, so keep it in a warm place.
Making the appam:
- Appams are traditionally made in iron skillet called “appa chatti”. You get these in Indian grosery shops. You get to buy Iron skillets and non stick pans.
- Appams have a soft fluffy centre and a lacy border which comes very well on iron skillet.
- Pour a ladle full of batter (approx 6 tbsp) appam pan and swirl it immediately. A thin later of the batter sticks to the sides of the pan and a small pool of batter in the middle.
- Cover with a lid and cook on low flame till the center of the appam is cooked and the lacy border starts getting detached from the pan
- Take out when it is cooked from the middle and crispy in the borders.
- Appam is ready to serve with vegetable stew.
Tips for fast fermentation of batter in cold weather.
Great places to keep your batter to rise:
1. Near radiator
2. Heat your oven less than 50 degrees for about 15 minutes and then switch off. Leave your batter inside.
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Keralas vegetable stew and appam
Ingredients
kerala vegetable stew ingredients
- 1 potatoes small diced
- 1/4 cup carrots diced
- 1/4 cup green beans diced
- 1/4 cup corn
- 1/4 cup green beans
- 1 onion sliced
- 1/2 cup coconut milk fresh or canned
- 4 tbsp coconut cream
- cinnamon stick small piece
- 4 cloves
- 2 green chilli slit
- 1 inch ginger chopped
- 3 cloves garlic chopped
- 2 curry leaves sprigs
- salt to taste
Ingredients for Appam
- 2 cups raw rice or idly rice
- 1 cup fully cooked rice
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1 cup shredded coconut or coconut milk – 3/4 cup
- salt to taste
- 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda / baking soda
Instructions
- In a pan of boiling water cook root vegetables at the beginning, green vegetables towards the end and frozen peas and sweetcorn at the last minute. Keep under running water. Cool it and keep aside. Keep the stock for the stew.
- Heat 3 tsp oil in a pan; add cinnamon, cloves and cook for 30 seconds or until fragrant.
- Add onions, green chilies, ginger and garlic and curry leaves. Cook until onions turn translucent, don’t cook the onions to brown
- Cook for 3/4 minutes, then add the coconut milk and ½ cup of stock we saved earlier. Bring the mixture to a boil, then lower the heat and add the cooked vegetables. Simmer for few minutes.
- Season with salt and add the coconut cream. Mix well and cook for 2 more minutes. Serve hot with appams.
Preperation for appam batter
- Soak the raw/idly rice in water over night.
- Add cooked rice, coconut, sugar, salt to the rice and grind it to a smooth batter.
- If you are using coconut milk, add it after grinding. The batter should be a pouring consistency and a little thinner than dosa batter.
- Add yeast and baking soda to the batter and mix well. Keep this batter overnight for fermentation.
- In winter, it takes more time to ferment, so keep it in a warm place.
Making the appam
- Appams are traditionally made in iron skillet called "appa chatti". You get these in Indian grosery shops. You get to buy Iron skillets and non stick pans.
- Appams have a soft fluffy centre and a lacy border which comes very well on iron skillet.
- Pour a ladle full of batter (approx 6 tbsp) appam pan and swirl it immediately. A thin later of the batter sticks to the sides of the pan and a small pool of batter in the middle.
- Cover with a lid and cook on low flame till the center of the appam is cooked and the lacy border starts getting detached from the pan
- Take out when it is cooked from the middle and crispy in the borders.
- Appam is ready to serve with vegetable stew.
Simply awesome Sumith ??
Thank you Radhika. And wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New year!!
Sumith! I just loved that image.
One feels to hold your dish like ? Santa.
Merry Christmas
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Shiva
Thanks a lot Shiva ? And wishing you a Merry Christmas!!
Wow! This is amazing; keeping with the festive spirit the presentation does spread happiness. Beautiful!
Thank you Amitav and wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Healthy and Prosperous New Year!!
Wishing Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year to you too, Sumith.
Simply Nice, Merry Christmas
Thank you Deepa. And wishing you a Merry Christmas!!
Awesome presentation Sumith. Wishing a Merry Christmas to you and your family and a very Happy New Year.
Thank you Anuradha? And wishing you the same!!
Thank you so much Sumith.
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The ever best composition ??
Thank you Akhika. And wishing you a Merry Christmas!
Awesome capture..Lovely presentation.. Happy Christmas Sumith 🙂
Thanks a lot Sharmila. And wishing you a Merry Christmas!
hahaha Sumith – our traditional Sunday breakfast – every Sunday!!!! I wish you and your family a wonderful, relaxing, peaceful and safe CHRISTMAS.
Thank you Carina. Haha Sunday breakfast? very true. And wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Healthy and prosperous New Year too!!
Merry Christmas Sumith you continue to amaze and inspire me with your beautiful creations. Love this dish it looks like a snow globe only edible. Beautifully done my friend ???❤❤❤
Thanks a lot Suzanne for your beautiful inspirational words!! And wishing you too a Merry Christmas!!
This is beautiful. It’s hard to believe that it’s edible too.
Thanks a lot carol for your beautiful bouquet of words!! And wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas!!
And to you! Enjoy the day!
That looks divine! Needless to say, the presentation is exquisite ???? Happy Holidays:)
Thanks a lot Divya for your beautiful inspirational words. And wishing you a Merry Christmas!!
The BEST ever representation of veg stew with appam?? wishing you Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!☃??
Thank you Sonia. And wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New year!!
Lovely ,sumptuous dish well presented to the time of the year– Merry Christmas
Thank you Jain Chetta. Wishing you a Merry Christmas!!
Wah Sumith bhai all of this looks so good. Merry Christmas to you and your family and A very happy new year. 🙂
Thank you Kumar Bhai. Wishing you too a Merry Christmas and Happy New year!!
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Such a lovely festive presentation, Sumith. The recipe sounds really nice too. Hope you had a lovely day.
Thanks a lot Robbie?
Thanks Robbie.?
Did I hear you say it was time for a nap? Okay…
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Thank you. And wishing you too a Merry Christmas!
Delicious!!
Happy X’mas..
Merry Christmas!!
Nice… Easy and simple recipes… I like it very much.. Authentic touch of kerela
Thank you Swetha! And nice to see you here in WordPress.
Merry Christmas to you!
Merry Christmas and have a nice Holiday!!
Thank you Kash Pal!! Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas!
This is one of my favorite Kerala dishes Sumith. Thanks for sharing the recipe – will try it.
You are very welcome Vibha ?
Looks wonderful, and a healthy offset to all the rich holiday food many of us have been eating. Yum!
Thank a lot for this wonderful comment Vanessa. I am blessed ? wishing you and your family a nice holiday!!
Wow you made a Christmas snow globe for your presentation! Very impressive! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas Day!
Thank you Kathryn. We had a great Christmas!! Hope you too had a great one!!
We did, thanks!
Awesome presentation. Looks delicious!!!!
Thank a lot ?
You are an artist. Well done. ?✨?
Gail those words really mentioned for me. I am honoured!! Thanks a lot. And hope you are having a great holiday time.
I meant it. Keep doing a fine job!
A sumptuous Christmas creation, Sumith! Belated wishes to you and your family!
Thanks a lot Pranitha. Belated wishes to you and your family too.
Beautiful and creative!
Thanks a lot Chris!
A treat as always 🙂
Wish you an amazing transition into the next year!
Thank your Pragalbha. And wishing you and your family a Happy New Year!!
Thank you!
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Very creative? Love it?
Thank you Leyla?
The presentation is awesome, and perfect for this holiday season. Happy New Year!
Thank you Sheryl and Wishing you too a Happy New Year!!
Happy new year 2017 Sumith!
Thank you Khadija. Happy New Year!
To you too?
Happy new year!
Happy New Year!
Lovely presentation of a delicious recipe. You take cooking to another level with your creativity.
Thanks a lot Jayashree. Thank you for your sweet words. ?
Happy New Year Sumith. I am including a link to your Dal Chawal post in my “52 Weeks of Thankfulness” post scheduled for tomorrow. I trust that this is OK with you?
Hi Brigid, it’s my pleasure and an honour to me?? And wishing you a happy New Year.
Awesome, Sumith. I was so engrossed with the pictures that I forgot to pay heed to the recipe! Then I again scrolled up and read it… 😀
Thank you Mani for your inspirational words!!
Love the presentation, it gave me such a smile. Wishing you all the best in this New Year, Sumith.
Thanks a lot Karen. And wishing you and your family a Happy New Year.
How can food look so gorgeous? :)) Well done!
Thank you Astha for this beautiful bouquet of words!!
Wow Sumith.. I missed this post previously… so sorry! This is so adorable and looks amazing – what a Xmas treat… I wish you a magical 2017 where your dreams come true! x
Thank you Wendy and wishing you and your family too a amazing year 2017!!
Thanks Sumith – much appreciated! x
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It looks great too, I am sure tastes much better ?
Thank you Alok. Yes indeed, it was very nice.
Beautiful, outstanding presentation…
Thanks a lot dear Ruchi.?
Amazing Sumith! Happy new year to you!
Thanks a lot Rashmi and Happy New Year to you and your family.
Love your presentation with Mr Clause 🙂 Happy New Years!
Thanks a lot Nandini. And wishing you a Happy New Year!!
It looks delicious. I think I cannot cooking the dough, it’s very hard. But I try to do. Thanks for the useful tips.
It’s not hard. Once the batter is fermented then you can’t go wrong?. Give it a try Beth, you can do it?
Awesome presentation Sumith. So inviting. Appam is my all time favourite.
Thanks a lot Priya ?
Unbelievable! Is this real food or a piece of art to admire? Sumith, you have outdone yourself!
Thank a lot Dolly for your inspirational words!!
You e more than welcome! I really wouldn’t know what to do with something like this – eat it or admire it!
Eat with your eyes first!! Then trigger all your senses and enjoy food??
The advantage of eating with your eyes is no weight gain!
Haha very true Dolly
Thank you for your like of my “Destination: Panera Bread Cafe Newly Opened in South Windsor, CT.” Your Kerala recipe sounds very interesting. And I agree with Nandini your photo presentation is terrific ! – Jackie
Jackie, thanks for those amazing bouquet of words!! Between how do you know Nandini? As a blog friend or coligue.
Yes I follow Nandini’s fabulous recipes and graciously she has ‘liked’ many of my posts.
Hi Bennet, see this world is too small. Me too like Nandinis posts. And thanks for stopping by.
Thank you for your like of my post “Destination: Panera Bread Cafe Newly Opened in South Windsor, CT.” Your vegetable stew recipe sounds very interesting and I agree with Nandini – your photo presentation is terrific! – JB
Hi Benett, your posts are amazing, and looking forward for more interesting ones. And thank you for your compliments.
Wow–that is so cute. I’ll have to think of a presentation for Hanukkah next year!
Thank you Miller. Presentation of food add up the spice of enjoying food?
Wow awesome styling!! Appam is one of my family favs
Thanks a lot Neetha. Yes it’s an all time favourite for us.
wow. very nice presentation. lots of patience need. Hats of u sumith. Really nice job.
Thank you Deep.
Such an awesome presentation Sumith !
Thank you Poonam.
This looks and sounds incredible, Sumith. Wishing you a lovely festive season too.
Thank you Robbie and wishing you too a Merry Christmas.
Awesome share. And as always amazing presentation. Wishing you a very happy new year Sumith. Waiting for your more amazing food photography
Thank you Sujata. Wishing you too a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!
You are a poet too – you are too much, dear friend! You’ve made a work of art out of a simple vegetable stew, and no doubt delicious too. Happy Holidays to you and your beautiful family!
Thank you Dolly for this Honour. If you like coconut flavour you will love this dish. Wishing you a great holiday time ahead!!
Absolutely love it and will make it, thank you for sharing!
Sumith, The presentation DOES remind me of a snowglobe! Merry Christmas, my friend!
Mollie
Thank you Mollie, wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas and Happy New year.
Such a beautiful recipe and lovely presentation ✌✌
Thank you Jyo.
How wonderful to see you again at my site. I hope you enjoyed the post as much as I’ve enjoyed your food!
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Thanks a lot GP . Hope you are having a great holiday.
Yes, I am, thank you.
Your presentation definitely brings in the holiday spirit! Merry Christmas, Sumith!
Thank you Rini. And Merry Christmas to you and your family too.
Do I need to say anything about your food and photography @Sumith??
You know you always leave us awestruck.
Thank you payal for stopping by. You are always inspirational!!
New day, New Year, New Beginning.. wishing you a year of immeasurable pleasure, joy and peace.
Have a blessed and prosperous 2018. ??
Happy New year Payal and family!!
Sounds absolutely delicious and a wonderful presentation as always!?
Thanks Ursula.
This is wonderful what you’re doing.
Thank you Bojana. I am a chef by profession.
Oh I can see that. You’re an artist too with an eye for detail.
Thank you?
What a presentation!! Very nice
Thank you Ankita.
You are an amazing artist!
Thank you Dianna for those kind words!
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