Name: Tirunelveli sodhi with coconut milk recipe by Ranjani Raj at BetterButter
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: Vegetables – 2 cups (drumstick, beans,carrot, potato); Shallots or small onions – 8 to 10 nos.; Garlic – 10 flakes; Coconut milk – 1 cup thick milk + 2 cups thin milk; Ginger – 2 inch piece; Green chilies – 5 nos; Moong dhal – ¼ cup; Turmeric powder – a pinch; Salt – as needed; Oil – 3 tbsp; Lemon juice – 1 tbsp; Grapes – few (optional)

ABOUT Tirunelveli sodhi with coconut milk RECIPE

Tirunelveli sodhi or Mapilai sodhi is an authentic recipe served in tirunelveli cuisine

Ingredients Serving: 5

Vegetables – 2 cups (drumstick, beans,carrot, potato)
Shallots or small onions – 8 to 10 nos.
Garlic – 10 flakes
Coconut milk – 1 cup thick milk + 2 cups thin milk
Ginger – 2 inch piece
Green chilies – 5 nos
Moong dhal – ¼ cup
Turmeric powder – a pinch
Salt – as needed
Oil – 3 tbsp
Lemon juice – 1 tbsp
Grapes – few (optional)

Instructions

Pressure cook moong dal with a pinch of turmeric powder and 1 cup of water for 5 hisses.
Chop vegetables, extract thick and thin milk from one full coconut as mentioned level.
Grind ginger and green chilli together as a fine paste.
Heat a wok, add oil, saute onions and garlic together for 2 mins or till it turns light brown. Now add ginger green chili paste and stir till the raw smell leaves.
Add chopped veggies and thin coconut milk and salt. Once it starts boiling add cooked moong dal.All the veggies to cook well.
Add thick coconut milk and allow to boil for 3 mins and turn off the flame.
Let the kuzhambhu cools for 10 to 15 mins and add lemon juice and mix well.
Add some black or green grapes, mix well and serve with hot rice or idiyappam.

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