Sodhi

‘Sodhi’ is a traditional dish of tirunelveli made from coconut milk. Tastes best with rice, ginger chutney and applam.

Ingredients:

1. Coconut – 1
2. Garlic – 10 cloves(chopped)
3. Drumstick – 1 medium(cut into pieces)
4. Brinjal – 3 medium(cut into large pieces)
5. Potato – 2 medium(cut into large pieces
6. Green Gram(Moong dal/Paasi parupu) – 1/4 cup
7. Green Chilli – 3
8. Jeera – 1tsp
9. Ginger – 2inch
10. Chopped Corainder – a handful.
11. Salt as needed

Preparation Method:

1. Grate one full coconut
2. Blend the grated coconut with approx. 250ml of water. Strain the blended coconut in a cheesecloth or strainer(Squueze out the pulp nicely). Keep the coconut milk aside. This is called the first milk. (Or thick milk). Keep this aside.
3. Again blend the coconut pulp with approx.. 250 ml of water and strain. This is the second milk. Keep it aside.
4. Do the same a third time. This is the third milk.
5. Cook green gram nicely. Mash it weel. Mix this mashed green gram with the second milk and keep it aside.
6. Grind one green chilli, jeera and ginger together and keep it aside.
7. Cook Drumstick, brinjal, potato, slit green chilli and chopped garlic with little salt in the third milk.
8. Once the vegetables are cooked, reduce the flame to sim.
9. Add the second milk mixture and grinded mixture to the cooked vegetables and let it boil in simmer. Do not increase the flame as this will curdle the milk. Keep stirring in between.
10. Once this starts bubbling, add in the first milk and let it boil in simmer.
11. Once it starts bubbling, add chopped coriander leaves and switch off.
12. Add juice of two big size lemon and stir well. Serve hot with rice and ginger chutney.