Potato Stew is a very easy and simple dish of Kerala that goes well with Appam, Poori, Chapathi, Puttu, Idiyappam, or even with plain bread. Recently, I tasted this in my friend’s house. She served this yummy potato stew with brown rice Idiyappam and it tasted divine. My MIL used to grind the coconut and add the coconut paste to this stew, but my friend told that its conventional to use the coconut milk instead of grinding and adding the coconut paste. So, this time, I tried adding coconut milk and it turned out so yummy. Also, instead of adding only potato, I enriched with peas, carrot and beans to make it much healthier.
Heat a heavy bottomed pan and add oil. Add whole garam masalas and saute them in oil. To that, add the peppercorns, slit green chillies, curry leaves and chopped ginger and saute them all till you get a nice aroma out of the masala
Then, add the thinly sliced onions and saute them in oil till they turn translucent. When the onions are translucent, then add chopped potatoes, carrot, beans and peas and stir-fry in high flame for couple of minutes
Then add thin coconut milk along with salt and cook the veggies till they are nicely tender and soft
When the veggies are cooked completely, add the thick coconut milk along with chopped curry leaves and pepper powder and mix well. Switch off the flame.
The delicious Kerala Style Potato Stew is now ready to serve! Relish with your roti, idiyappam or appam and enjoy the dish!
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Notes
We can exclude other veggies and add only potato and onion
We can use store bought coconut milk. I usually get 1 can of coconut milk, take half of it aside for thick milk. Dilute the rest of the milk with 1.5 to 2 cups of water and keep it aside for thin consistency.
Always switch off the flame and add the thick coconut milk. We should not boil the stew after adding thick coconut milk.
Nutritional Info
Nutrition Facts
Kerala Style Potato Stew
Amount Per Serving (1 Cup)
Calories 115Calories from Fat 27
% Daily Value*
Fat 3g5%
Carbohydrates 26g9%
Protein 2g4%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Method with Step by Step Pictures:
Heat a heavy bottomed pan and add oil. Add whole garam masalas and saute them in oil. To that, add the peppercorns, slit green chillies, curry leaves and chopped ginger and saute them all till you get a nice aroma out of the masala
Then, add the thinly sliced onions and saute them in oil till they turn translucent. When the onions are translucent, then add chopped potatoes, carrot, beans and peas and stir-fry in high flame for couple of minutes
Then add thin coconut milk along with salt and cook the veggies till they are nicely tender and soft
When the veggies are cooked completely, add the thick coconut milk along with chopped curry leaves and pepper powder and mix well. Switch off the flame.
The delicious Kerala Style Potato Stew is now ready to serve! Relish with your roti, idiyappam or appam and enjoy the dish!
I am a bit confused with the instructions- you mentioned that heat should be turned off after adding thick milk. Yet in your instructions it is not so. Copying your instruction below:
“ When the veggies are cooked completely, add the thick coconut milk and mix well. When the stew starts to boil, add coconut milk along with chopped curry leaves and pepper powder and mix well”
So sorry for the confusion. We need to add the thick coconut milk once the veggies are cooked along with curry leaves and pepper powder and mix well. Switch off the flame. I have updated the recipe. Once again apologize and thanks for bringing it to notice.
I have tasted potato stew whenever I visit Kerala and like it. My instant feeling was this tastes like our popular Exclusive Elavan Olan, my wife also agreed.
Tku for your recipe and I plan to try out this weekend.
I love your potato stew. It is so simple, tasty, and wholesome. I will surely look for more recipes like this.
Thanks William for your comments
The potato stew is yummy😋 and tastes great with Aapam and String hoppers…
Glad to hear Thanks Lalitha
oil used should be good coconut oil…
I am a bit confused with the instructions- you mentioned that heat should be turned off after adding thick milk. Yet in your instructions it is not so. Copying your instruction below:
“ When the veggies are cooked completely, add the thick coconut milk and mix well. When the stew starts to boil, add coconut milk along with chopped curry leaves and pepper powder and mix well”
So sorry for the confusion. We need to add the thick coconut milk once the veggies are cooked along with curry leaves and pepper powder and mix well. Switch off the flame. I have updated the recipe. Once again apologize and thanks for bringing it to notice.
Delicious recipe. Your recipies are always appetizing.
Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏
I see in the instructions to add carrot but I don’t see it in the list if ingredients? How much do you use?
Oh sorry i will include in ingredients. Please add 1 carrot, wash, peeled and cubed
Thank you!
December 27, 2022
Dear Soumya
I have tasted potato stew whenever I visit Kerala and like it. My instant feeling was this tastes like our popular Exclusive Elavan Olan, my wife also agreed.
Tku for your recipe and I plan to try out this weekend.
I shall publish the outcome.
Thanking you wish you Happy New Year
Thank you so much! Wish you a very happy New Year!! Please let me know how it turns out. Thanks 🙏😊