Halwai July 1, 2025

Ingredients:

• Carrot – 1/4 cup
• Green peas – 1/4 cup
• Onion – 1 large
• Tomato – 1 medium
• Cauliflower – 1/4
• Oil – 1/4 cup
• Potato – 1 large
• Salt to taste
• To grind :
• Green chilly – 4
• Ginger – 1 inch piece
• Garlic – 5
• Grated Coconut – 1/4 cup
• Kuskus – 1 tsp
• Cashews – 5
• Dhaniya powder – 3 tsp
• Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
• Chilly powder – 1/2 tsp –
• Spices – 2 each
• Fennel – 1/2 tsp
• Jeera – 1/2 tsp

Method:

  1. Chop finely onion and tomato. Chop all other vegetables into cubes.
  2. In a kadai, season 2 dry red chillies and saute onions till golden brown.
  3. Add the ground masala to it and saute till the oil separates.
  4. Now add all vegetables and saute for 5 minutes.
  5. Add sufficient water and salt.
  6. Cook till the vegetables are finely cooked or cook for one whistle in a pressure cooker.
  7. Garnish with fresh coriander and curry leaves.
  8. Serve hot with puris, chapattis, parathas.

Recipe courtesy of Rajam Partheeban