Sothi

A very common special dish which would occupy any event/gathering. It is dish from my native.The way it is prepared is so unique in my family. This dish needs utmost care while cooking. A recipe which can be an universal accompaniment and an awesome baby food post 8 months too. It can be a side-dish for idly/dosa/appam/idiyappam/rice.  Do read the entire recipe along with the points in P.S: and getting into real cooking.

Ingredients:Sothi

  • Coconut -3 cups grated
  • Chilly-6
  • Ginger-1 tbsp(grated)
  • Vegetables-1 cup*
  • Turmeric powder-A pinch
  • Mustard seeds-1/2 tbsp
  • Urad dhal-1/2 tbsp
  • Curry leaves-1 tbsp
  • Coriander Leaves-To garnish
  • Salt-To taste
  • Oil-To cook

*(carrot,potato,shallots,green peas,butter beans)

Procedure:

1.Extract coconut milk three times and keep them in separate vessels.

2.Saute green chillies and ginger.Make them into a fine paste and set it aside

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3.Add shallots followed by all veggies and Saute them well.

4.Add the third milk to cook the vegetables.

5.When the vegetables are cooked almost ,add salt,turmeric powder,ginger+green chilly paste and give a quick stir.

6.Reduce the flame at this point.

7.Add the second milk followed by first milk and mix the well.

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8.In no time after mixing,switch off the flame.

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9.Temper mustard seeds,urad dhal and curry leaves.

10. Add tempering elements and garnish with coriander leaves and serve.


P.S:

Reduce the quantity of chilly when you make for babies.

Adjust amount of chilly as per your taste.

The original recipe has a strict rule that only the first milk of coconut should be added. If you would wish to cook so,  cook all vegetables in water in step 4 and add only the first milk and quickly turn off the flame.

If the coconut milk boils ,it will get curdled and the entire would get into trash. Hence be sure to use diluted third milk to could vegetables or use water to cook vegetables.

The milk shouldn’t get boiled after step.7.

Cook the entire dish in medium flame.

Do not over dilute coconut milk. It will turn the dish too bland.

The fresher and richer the coconut is,the tastier the dish is.

You can add any vegetable of your choice.(Carrot,potato,green peas,shallots,brinjal)

It can be used for a day if you store it in refrigerator. To use it for more than one meal in a day separate it in different vessels for each meal and store.

Few add corn flour/bengal gram flour mixture to this dish. It might spoil the original taste and flavour of the dish. I dont prefer such ingredient addition.

Ginger thuvayal+Sothi+Rice/Porikadalai thuvaiyal+Sothi+Rice/Keerai Kadaisal+Sothi+Rice are lovely combos.

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