Vegetable Stew (Ishtoo)

It is a traditional Kerala dish of mixed vegetables cooked in coconut milk, which can be served with appam or chappathi.

Ingredients
(serves 6)
1. potato - 2 ( big)
2. carrot - 1
3. frozen green piece - 1 cup.
4. green chili - 3
5. onion - 1/2 piece
6. rice flour - 1 tsp
7. coconut milk - 1/2 can ( 200 ml)
8. cinnamon - 1 stick (broken into small pieces)
9. cloves - 6
10. whole black pepper - 10
11. curry leaves
12. salt
13. oil -1 tbs

Steps
1. Cut potatoes and carrot into small pieces, about the same size as the green piece. Split green chilies length wise. Cook these in a small pot with just enough water to cover the ingredients. Add salt to taste.
2. Cut onion to large cubes. Saute onion,curry leaves, cinnamon, cloves and black pepper for about a minute, add rice flour to it and saute it for 10 seconds. Then add the cooked vegetables to this. Bring it to boil.
3. Add coconut milk to this and bring it to boil and serve it hot with appam or chappathi.