Chettinad Vegetable Pirattal Recipe | Chettinad Kaikari Perattal

Chettinad Vegetable Perattal is a side dish made with mixed vegetable and is popular among the people of chettinad. Though I have added only carrot, beans and potato, the choice of vegetables added to this gravy is purely your choice. You can also add cauliflower, peas. The recipe for vegetable perattal is below...

Chettinad Vegetable Perattal

Recipe Cuisine: Chettinad / TamilNadu | Recipe Category: Side dish / Gravy  
Prep Time: 10 mins | Cooking Time: 20 mins | Serves: 4

Ingredients:

Mixed Vegetables - 2 cup(carrot, beans, potato)
Onion - 1, large
Tomato - 1
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cinnamon stick / Pattai - 2
Curry leaf - 1 sprig
Oil - 3 tblspn

To grind:

Coconut - 1/4 cup
Cumin - 1/2 tsp

Method:

Grind coconut and cumin into a fine paste. Finely chop the onion and tomato.

Cut the vegetables into small cubes and boil them until vegetables are cooked.

Heat oil in a kadai, add fennel seeds. When it crackles, add cinnamon, curry leaf.

Add in finely chopped onion and fry for 1 or 2 mins. When onion becomes soft, add the chopped tomato. 

When tomatoes becomes mushy, add chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric. Add the ground coconut paste, salt and 1/2 cup water.

Cover and cook until oil separates. At this stage, add the chopped vegetables and stir well to combine. Check for salt and cook for 2 mins.

Serve with chapati or rice.

Note:

• Adjust chilli powder as required.
• Also, you can add vegetables like cauliflower, peas.

Pictorial:

Keep all your ingredients ready. Finely chop the onion and tomato.

Cut the vegetables into small cubes and boil them until vegetables are cooked.

Grind coconut and cumin into a fine paste.

Heat oil in a kadai, add fennel seeds. When it crackles, add cinnamon, curry leaf.

Add in finely chopped onion and fry for 1 or 2 mins.

When onion becomes soft, add the chopped tomato

When tomatoes becomes mushy, add chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric.

Add the ground coconut paste, salt

Mix well

and add 1/2 cup of  water.

Cover and cook until oil separates.

At this stage, add the chopped vegetables

and stir well to combine.

Check for salt and cook for 2 mins

Put off the flame

Serve with chapati or rice.