Khatkhate

This a mixed vegetable recipe. The vegetables used are all root vegetables. Carbohydrate rich vegetables are balanced with toor dal which adds proteins in the vegetable. Once done it is topped with coconut oil which completes the requirement of fat. This makes it a complete meal. Other ingredients like kokum, red chillies, coriander seeds are added to enhance the taste along with salt and jaggery. The peculiar taste of  तिरफळे makes the dish extraordinary and special.

Ingredients

Pumpkin
elephant yam
raw banana
potato
sweet potato
colcasia corms
french beans ( cut into half)
ridge gourd ( scrape the ridges and cut into pieces)

Take all vegetables in small quantities. ( You can adjust the quantity according to the availability) Wash and make medium size pieces.

1/4 cup toor dal ( pressure cooked)

1/4 cup freshly grated coconut
3-4 dry red chillies
2 tbl sp coriander seeds
1/2 tsp turmeric powder

 5-6 तिरफळे (crushed)

3-4 kokum/tamarind paste
salt and jaggery to taste
2 tsp coconut oil for topping.

Method

Cook all vegetables ( except pumpkin) in a thick bottomed pan with little water. Cover the pan.
Cook on slow flame till vegetables are half cooked. Add pumpkin and cook further till done.
Add cooked dal and mix well.
Add turmeric powder.
Grind coriander seeds,coconut and red chillies and add the paste in it.

 Add crushed तिरफळे

Add salt and jaggery to taste.
Add tamarind paste/ kokum.
Cook for a boil and turn the heat off.
Top with coconut oil.
Serve as a main dish or side.