Andhra Dappalam Recipe | Mixed Vegetable Stew

Make Andhra dappalam, a sweet, tangy and mildly spicy mixed vegetable stew with tamarind. Serve it hot with steamed rice.

Course Breakfast, Lunch, Main Course

Cuisine Andhra, Indian

Keyword Andhra style tamarind gravy, Easy tangy gravy, How to make tangy tamarind stew, Vegetable tamarind stew

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings servings

Calories 133kcal

2 Cups mixed vegetables I used drumstick, carrot, potato, snake-gourd, ash-gourd, brinjal, raw plantain
25 grams tamarind soaked in water and juice extracted (about 2-3 cups)
6 green chilies
2 tablespoon rice flour
3 tablespoon jaggery depends upon taste
¼ teaspoon tumeric
salt to taste

Steam the cook the vegetables separately. If cooking with water/boiling the veggies in water, then drain the excess liquid anduse them in soup or for soaking the tamarind for the extract. Do not waste the liquid.
Extract juice from the water-soaked tamarind. In a pan, heat oil for the tempering, splutter mustard seeds, crackle cumin, add hing and curry leaves.
Once the tadka is done, add slit green chilies and saute for 30 seconds. Next add stream cooked vegetables and the tamarind extract.
In a small bowl, mix the rice flour with a few tablespoons of water or tamarind extract until smooth. Stir this slurry into the pan so it does not form lumps.
Add the jaggery and let the stew simmer for about 10 minutes, stirring now and then. Now let the stew simmer and reach a thick consistency. It should taste sweet, spicy and tangy at the same time.
Once it reaches a thick soupy consistency, take it off the heat, garnish with chopped coriander and serve it along with rice.