Mixed veg gravy recipe

Mixed vegetable gravy is the most easiest and simplest gravy recipe you can make to go with anything from Dosa/ Idli / Chapatis to any varieties of rice like Pulav or plain rice. I can say, this is the basic recipe for many other gravies. Initially when I started cooking, I had literally learnt this recipe by heart. I have played with the ingredients and the veggies and made many other 8varieties. So, let's take a look at this recipe, with mixed vegetables in it.

Ingredients :

• Mixed veggies - French beans, Carrots, Peas, Potatoes etc - 2 cups
• Any beans - 1/2 cup (optional ). I have used black eyed beans here.
• Oil - 3 tsp
• Water - 1 to 1 1/2 cup
• Salt - 1 1/2 tsp
• Coriander leaves - 3 to 4 sprigs, chopped finely

To grind :

• Coconut ( fresh or frozen ) - 1/2 cup
• Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
• Cinnamon stick - 1 inch piece
• Cloves - 2
• Mutton sambhar powder * - 3 tsp
• Onion - 1 medium, chopped
• Tomato - 1, medium ,chopped

Preparing Mixed veg gravy :

• Heat oil in a pressure cooker and add all the vegetables and beans. Saute for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring now and then.
  
• Grind the ingredients mentioned under ' To grind' into a fine paste.
• Once the raw smell of the vegetables is gone, add the ground masala and saute for 7 to 8 minutes.
  
• Then add the water and salt. Let it boil. Take care not to add too much water, or else it will result in Sambhar and not gravy.  Adjust the salt and close the pressure cooker. Hear 2 whistles. 
• Open the cooker once the pressure releases and garnish with coriander leaves. The Mixed vegetable gravy is ready to be served with Chapatis/ Dosa/ Rice and it goes especially well with my  Ghee rice. 
  

* Mutton Sambhar powder is a masala powder prepared using Byadagi chillies and coriander seeds. This is used in non vegetarian recipes and also to enhance the taste of some other recipes. This powder is not available out in the markets, but prepared in our families in Karnataka. It can be substituted by adding 2 tsp Coriander powder and 1/2 tsp Guntur chilli powder + 1/2 tsp byadagi chilli powder. I will post the recipe of the same in my further posts.

Note : Coconut milk can be substituted for fresh/frozen coconut.

So, as you see, this is the simplest and easiest gravy you can make to go with anything and everything. You can go easy on the varieties of vegetables you want to use for this recipe. Or you can just make it with a single vegetable / beans. I have made this recipe more than a hundred times since I have started cooking, and it has never ever gone wrong. You have my word for it . It's really worth giving this recipe a try.. Please do give it a try as it is or with your own variations and let me know how you liked it..
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