Huge Batch-Cooking for a South Indian Wedding (ft. Ebbin Jose) | Naturally Vegan

coconut

🥗Healthier: coconut milk

💰Cheaper: almond milk

Coconut milk offers a lighter option while maintaining creaminess.

dal

🥗Healthier: quinoa

💰Cheaper: split peas

Quinoa is protein-rich and gluten-free.

sambar

🥗Healthier: vegetable stew

💰Cheaper: mixed vegetables

A vegetable stew can be lighter and more accessible.

payasam

🥗Healthier: fruit salad

💰Cheaper: pudding

Fruit salad provides a fresh and lighter dessert alternative.

Start with plenty of coconut oil in a large pot.

Add urad dal to the pot.

Follow with freshly grated coconut.

Toast the coconut and lentils for more than an hour until golden.

In a separate pot, cook a mix of vegetables like pumpkin, yam, and ash gourd with curry leaves, salt, chili, and turmeric until tender.

Fry fiery chilies, more curry leaves, and an enormous amount of whole black pepper until aromatic to create a masala.

Mix the masala into the cooked vegetables.

Prepare another vat with soaked chickpeas, peas, and more vegetables cooking together.

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