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Highly Spiced Chouchou














Ingredients

For 4
For 100
Potatoes
225gms
5.6kg
French beans
115gms
2.8kg
Carrots
115gms
2.8kg
Brinjals
115gms
2.8kg
Red chillies
10gms
250gms
Fenugreek
¼ tsp
15gms
Mustard seeds
½ tsp
15gms
Turmeric
½ tsp
15gms
Asafoetida
a pinch
10gms
Salt
to taste
100gms
Lime (juice)
½ to 1
12  to 15
Ground nut oil
50ml
1.25lit


Boil and peel the potatoes. Wash other vegetables and cut them in longish strips. Heat groundnut oil (setting aside a little for roasting spices) in a pan and add turmeric powder, vegetables strips. Potatoes and salt and cook on a very low fire, stirring at intervals. In a separates vessel, heart remaining oil and roast chillies, fenugreek, mustard seeds and asafoetida. Grind the roasted spices (using a little water) into a thick paste. Add the spices to vegetables when they are tender and simmer for another 10 minutes. Remove from the fire and add lime juice and mix.