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Today we are making a dish with the combination of coconut milk, vegetables & lentils..
That is "Tirunelveli Sothi"
Grate coconut (4-5) & extract milk. Get around 250 ml from first extract & 800 ml after mixing with water
make the vegetables & cooked moong dal with salt (100 gm) ready for preparation
Sothi is basically like a Stew ( combination of solid food ingredients that have been cooked in liquid)
add the second extract of 800 ml coconut into heated clay pot
add potatoes, drumstick, (add white coloured brinjal if you get) & cook
Once the vegetables cooked, add beans & carrots
cut all the vegetables as shown (long way) to give a good visual appealing to the dish
add chopped ginger, garlic,green chillies, shallots, curry leaves into a heated oil in a pot & saute
add the sauteed ingredients into the vegetables
add a pinch of turmeric for colour & salt to taste
Once the vegetables cooked..
add the cooked moong dal after mashing to blend well with the stew & it also helps to thicken.
Finally add thick coconut milk and stir once & switch off the flame in few mins. Do not bring it to boil
Finish with the tempering of mustard, urad dal, curry leaves in coconut oil & add it to the stew
add lemon juice & mix well
Delicious Tirunelveli Sothi ready to serve
It's better known as "Mappillai Sodhi" in Tirunelveli region of Tamilnadu
Mappillai means bridegroom in tamil and this Sothi is prepared by bride's family to treat their son in law on the first visit to bride's place after marriage.
Best accompaniment for steam rice, appam & iddiyappam..
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