Description
Chettinad cuisine, enjoys a special place among food lovers, let it be a normal veggie dish or sizzling non-veg , they always include a radically distinctive blend of spices covering up the key ingredient, which wakes up your taste buds. Here is one such recipe… mixed vegetables tossed with freshly ground spice blendTamil to English ~~~ Kaikari – Vegetables, Pirattal – Tossed/Stir-fry
KaiKari Perattal / Mixed Vegetable Pirattal / Chettinad Vegetable Curry / Pirrattal / Kaikari Piratal
Traditionally this curry is prepared with mixed vegetables like carrots, potatoes, beans, peas and cauliflower. I’ve ignored potatoes and beans here to suit my taste. You may also adapt to your needs.
| Ingredients-1 | |
|---|---|
| 1 no | Mace/jathipoo(just one petal) |
| 1 tsp | Fennel seed |
| ¾ tsp | Poppy seeds |
| 3 tsp | Split roasted gram/pottukadalai |
| 3 tbsp | Dry coconut flakes/ desicated / coparai thengai |
| 1 no | Cinnamon stick (very small)(1/2″) |
| Ingredients-2 | |
|---|---|
| 2 nos | Onion (or 20 shallots)(cut lengthwise) |
| 2 cup | Mixed vegetables (cauliflower, carrots, peas) |
| 2 clove | Garlic (crushed) |
| ¼ no | Tomato (diced) |
| ¼ tsp | Turmeric powder |
| ½ tsp | Coriander powder |
| ¼ tsp | Red chili powder |
| 1 tsp | Salt (or to taste) |
| ¼ tsp | Mustard seeds |
| ¼ tsp | Cumin seeds |
| 5 nos | Curry leaves |
| 2 tsp | Oil |
Instructions
For the spice blend: Using a dry mixie or coffee grinder, grind cinnamon, mace flower, poppy seeds, fennel seeds, roasted gram and dry coconut to a fine powder.
For the curry : Veggies can be steamed separately and then added to the curry. Here in this recipe, I prefer to cook along with the other ingredients. Heat oil in a pan, splutter mustard, cumin seeds and curry leaves. Add the onions and garlic, saute for few minutes. Add the raw veggies, diced tomatoes, sprinkle little water, cover and steam for 4 minutes over low flame or until they turn soft and firm. Now add the tumeric powder, red chili powder, corainder powder and salt. Fry for few seconds, add the spice powder and toss to coat evenly. Switch off and serve as a side for rice.
Notes
Yield: 4 servings approx.
If you don’t have a dry mixie, just grind to a paste adding little water and include at the final stage. Make sure all the water evaporates coating the masala evenly.
Spice blend includes roasted gram flour which has the tendency to turn sticky when contact with water, making the masala stick to the bottom of the pan. So make sure the flames low and switch off as soon as you add the powder.
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Hey Mullai,
My husband likes the dish a lot. Thanks a lot.
Hi mullai,
I am going to prepare this dish tonight. Hope my hubby loves it with chappathi. Let us see
Mullai,
Just want to know if the coparai thengai u’ve mentioned is the sun dried one’s which we use for making coconut oil or is it just mature dry coconut. A little doubt ‘cos i hail from the land of coconuts “Kerala”. Pls help.
Thank you
Mullai
Tried this.. I never got the dish so colorful like yours, but taste was awesome.. Enkiyo oru mistake. I should have steamed the veggies. Instead tried ur version, may be the onions were browned .
Thx
Jaya
Lakshmi, sooo what colour was it really??? May be my dish looks extra colourful in a black bowl. No trick here, heheh… mixed coloured veggies work naturally. May be you might have over steamed and they should have turned into a mushy puttu. Am I right?? Try your way and let me know. Thanks.
Tried pirattal for Sambar rice, tasted awesome…and spicy too. I like this curry. But goes very well with rasam satham and curd rice. Thanx for ur receipe.
Have a great day
Did today for lunch with kathirikkai saadham..really both was yummy..we really enjoyed it..thanks Mullai..
cheers
Alagammai Ramasamy
hi i also belong to chettinad family.ur presentation is too good.
nice yummy presentation
going to try this
hi
I am belonging to chettinad family, when seeing this receipe I am thinking about my native place and relations.
Very nice and thanks for giving me chance to remember my olden days
thanks
amudha
WOnderful presentation!!! looks yummy!!
Sadhana Raveen
Mullai,
The veggies look colourful and can be made easily. Restaurant style presentation is pleasing and mouth watering!
mullai photos, steps nakku watering after back frm india onnu onna unga ella recepiyum try pann poren..
Lovely pictures..kannuku sema viruntha irruku..thanks for sharing Mullai..
Mullai,
Kaikari pirattal looks amazing, photos tempt me to try it.
3-D effect-la irukku….nice presentation…..appadiye oru cauliflower-a eduthukkanum pola irukku….Chettinad items ellame unga kitta irunthu kathukkalam pola…..
Everyday we have feast…..thanks for sharing Mullai….
Presentation-le ungala adichikka aale illa Mullai, paakkave avlo attractive-a irukku, odane saapidanum pola thonudhu………..
wonderful work, keep going!!!