Mixed Fruit & Veggie Stew AND Fusion Recipe Winner Announcement

Day 1 of the Blogging Marathon and I’ve chosen the theme of Curry in a Hurry

This is a very simple and wonderful curry to have with chappatis or rice or even pasta

It is colorful, healthy and above all extremely tasty. I used kokum for the gravy along with coconut and other spices. Read on here

Start to finish is about 30-40 minutes TOPS!

Ingredients

Assorted veggies and mango– I used all the ones in the picture below

1 lemon sized kokum ball

¼ cup of fresh grated coconut

2 green chilies

2 red chilies

½ cup chopped Cilantro

1 tbsp corander

Spices optional

1 tbsp oil

Preparation

Heat the oil and sauté all the veggies, mango and red chilies

Soak Kokum in ½ cup of warm water for 10-15 minutes like you would imli

In a smaller pan, dry roast the coconut, cilantro, coriander and green chilies

Grind into fine paste.

Now grind the soaked kokum and strain over the veggies.

Add the ground coconut paste

Allow all of it to boil and simmer for a few minutes

Garnish with Cilantro and serve hot!

Winner Announcement

Thanks to the wonderful participants from India and elsewhere in the world who sent their incredibly creative fusion recipes to the wonderful event created by Pari of Foodelicious which I was fortunate to host in April.
The winner was picked from the Indian entries since Pari will be mailing out the wonderful cookbook of Tarla Dalal to the lucky person.  I picked the winner through random.org and the book goes to Entry # 7 - Creatrive Journey Congrats to you J

Check out the Blogging Marathoners doing BM#5 along with me
Curry in a hurry under 30 min: Cool Lassi(e), Harini, Kalyani, Priya Mahadevan, Suma
Seven Days of Colorful Dishes Kid's Special: Priya Suresh, Veena,
Seven Days of Indian Sweets: Shylaja, Srivalli
Seven Days of Regional Specials: Priya Yallapantula
Under 15 mins Quick Breakfast:Aarthi, Vaishali