White chocolate in your stew? 

Tirunelveli food blogger Hazeena Seyad ran out of jaggery while making Vatha Kuzhambu, so she decided to use chocolate instead. The result, she says, was brilliant. 
White chocolate in your stew? 

When Tirunelveli food blogger Hazeena Seyad ran out of jaggery while making Vatha Kuzhambu two years ago, she decided to improvise and throw in some cooking chocolate instead. “I was amazed that it turned out better than my dish with jaggery!” she recalls. Later, inspired by an episode of MasterChef, she decided to try adding white chocolate to her vegetable stew. Suffice to say, her readers are curious to see what is coming up next. For now though, here is her stew concoction with white chocolate that is simple enough to be replicated by any cooking enthusiast at home. 

Hazeena Seyad
Hazeena Seyad

White chocolate in vegetable stew

Ingredients 
Coconut oil - 4 tablespoons  
Cinnamon -1  
Clove - 2  
Onion - 1 sliced 
Garlic flakes - 2 (crushed) 
Green chillies - 8 to 10 (slit)
Carrot - 1 cup cubes 
Potato - 1/2 cup cubes 
Beans - 1/4 cup cut into 1 inch-long pieces White cooking chocolate - 1/4 cup grated 
Very thin coconut milk - 1 cup (make 
sure the coconut milk is very thin as the stew might curdle if the coconut milk is thick) 
Coconut cream - one-and-a-half cups 
Salt - to taste
Lime - 1/2 (a squeeze) 

Method
• Heat coconut oil, then add cinnamon and cloves. Once they crackle, add sliced onions and crushed garlic. Fry till translucent. 
• Top with green chillies, carrots, potatoes and beans. Toss well, adding salt to taste. Fry for 5 minutes on medium heat. Pour the thin coconut milk and leave till vegetables are cooked through. 
• Boil the coconut cream until the sides bubble and add the grated white cooking chocolate. Stir until the chocolate melts and gets to a gooey consistency. 
• Pour the coconut white chocolate ganache over the cooked vegetables and lower the flame. Keep stirring till it gets to a smooth saucy consistency gravy. Pour water if necessary, according to the required consistency. Squeeze lime. Mix well. Taste and adjust seasoning. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and grated white cooking chocolate. Serve hot with appams or bread. 
 

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