Khat khate or mix vegetable curry

September 24, 2020

Khat khate or mix vegetable curry

Khat khate is a variation of vegetable kurma. In this recipe I have done the bland gravy. Other recipe calls for a spicy gravy which is made of roasted coconut ground with garam masala.

Ingredients :

White peas : 1 cup

Jaggery : 2 tblsp

Sichuan pepper (tefla) : 15 - 20

Kokum rinds : 7 - 8

Masala:

Coconut : 3 cups

Spicy dry red chili : 8 - 10

Turmeric : 1 tsp

Tamarind : 1 lemon size ball

*Vegetables such as:

Carrots : 1

French beans : 10 - 15

Radish : 1 - 2

Drumstick : 1

Ridge gourd :1/2

Yam : 1 wedge

Pineapple : 3 - 4 slices

Cucumber : 1

Taro corm : 4 - 5

Pumpkin : 1 bowl

Semi ripe papaya : 1 bowl

Kohlrabi (nab/goddo) : 1 - 2

Procedure:

Soak white peas overnight and cook them.

Soak tamarind in water and extract the pulp.

Grind the coconut along with tamarind pulp, red chilies, turmeric powder and 6 - 8 deseeded Sichuan peppers.

Crush the Sichuan peppers (use fresh or dried)

Cut all vegetables into chunks and cook them along with the crushed Sichuan peppers. Put the ones that take time to cook first such as knol khol, radish, drumsticks and tender bananas

Once they are half done add the remaining vegetables and cook them.

Cook taro and yam separately in tamarind water and add to the other vegetables (this is optional, you can also cook all vegetables together). Make sure you rub some tamarind or kokum rinds on your hands or use gloves when cutting yam to avoid itching.