Vegetable Stew

 This vegetable  stew is healthy and easy to make.. I saw this on TV, but it was made with meats..so i just thought i should try with vegetarian & indian style...It turned out really good.. its not  a soup its Stew...


Ingredients :

• 2 Potatoes
• 2 Carrots
• 1/2  green Capsicum
• 1/2  Celery stalk
• 1 Zucchini
• 1/2 cup check peas (garbanzo / kabuli chana)
• 2-3 cups Vegetable stock 
• 1 tsp Cumin powder
• 1 tsp Ginger
• 2-3 cloves
• 5-6 Black peppercorns
• Red chili powder as per taste
• Salt as per taste
• Fresh mint leaves
• Fresh Coriander leaves 

Method:
 Boil or pressure-cook the chickpeas, carrots,potatoes till they are tender.
In a pan add vegetable stock and cook till it boils. Add ginger, peppercorns , cloves. cook for few minutes. Add all boiled carrots, potatoes, chickpeas, celery, zucchini, bell papers, cumin powder, red chili powder and cook over medium heat till it come to boil. Add fresh mint leaves, salt. Cook till all the vegetables are cooked and tender.

Garnish coriander leaves and serve hot with Garlic bread...

 Note:

• Before serving you can discard the cloves, peppercorns. Also can add more vegetables spinach, tomatoes..

• You can use canned beans. We also get ready to use stew vegetables in grocery store..

This recipe goes to  Rahin's  Semi-home made Indian recipe Event.