Valval ( Mixed Vegetable Cooked in Coconut Milk )

Authentic "konkani delicacy"  in which all vegetables are cooked in thick coconut milk :) It tastes great as a "main course " or as a good accomplishment with hot rice :) & Here is the recipe .


Ingredients 

•     Thick coconut milk 2 cup
•      3 cups of vegetables ( normally Gherkins/ Tendle, Pumpkin/ Dudde, Managalore yello cucumber/ Magge, Ridge Gourd/ Gosale, Yard Long Beans / Alsano, Potatoes , Tender Cashews/ Bibbo  are used )   
• Green chillies 2-3                                          

Seasoning :

- Ghee 2 tsp

- Jeera/ Cumin seeds 1 tsp

- Curry leaves - few

- Broken red chillies 2

Method :

* Wash and chop the vegetables into relatively big pieces and  pressure cook the vegetables ( except ridge gourd)  with little water, salt and green chillies for one whistle. Cook ridge gourd in little water in small vessel.  

* Extract coconut milk by crushing 2 cups of  fresh grated coconut in mixy by adding little water in steps. Strain the milk in strainer or in muslin cloth.

* Repeat the same procedure with residue 2 times and extract thin coconut milk & keep this aside.

* Now transfer the cooked vegetable to big vessel and add thick coconut milk and give a gentle boil by adding limited salt ( we have added salt while cooking veggies ) and now at this stage  if you feel curry is too thick add the thin coconut milk which you have kept aside. 

* Finally Season it with seasoning items.

Valval is reday to relish !!!!

Notes :

    -  Boil the curry only in medium flame for few minutes or else the dish will curdle.

    - Half coconut shell will yield you nearly 1 1/2 cups of coconut milk.