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Thursday, June 14, 2012

BASIC JAIN GRAVY



This is the basic jain gravy for subzis and side dishes without onion and garlic. This type of gravy can be used during fasting (vrat ) days, the days in which we do not use onion and garlic. Any side dish or gravies can be done using this without changing the creamy consistency of the gravies. 

NOTE: This is only the basic puree or paste substitute, for any side dish and this by itself is not a gravy.
 

INGREDIENTS:

Yellow pumpkin - 1 cup (diced)
Tomato - 1 Big
Green chillies - 1 or 2
Cashews - 4
Salt - to taste
Oil - 1 tsp.

METHOD:

Peel the pumpkin and chop roughly.

Soak cashews in lukewarn water for 15 minutes. Drain the water.

Heat oil in a pan, and saute the pumpkin, tomato and green chillies till done. Grind in a mixie alongwith cashews and salt to a fine paste and use in any side dish / subzis of your choice.

28 comments :

  1. nice informative post and thanks for sharing.

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  2. I will make many time jain gravy but never try with pumpkin. This is nice and innovative recipe... must try ur way, thanks for sharing this:).

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  3. nice n different variation using pumpkin

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  4. Thanks for sharing the recipe

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  5. Nice recipe. They do make tasty food without use of ingredients that we think are so essential! But I think use of oil/ghee/dry fruits are definitely more.

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  6. Wow thats a fabulous basic gravy Akka, thanks for sharing.

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  7. Very informative post and thanks for sharing it.

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  8. nice innovative of adding pumpkin in the gravy..loved the smooth texture!

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  9. I shall pass this gravy to one of my friend...Thanks for sharing

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  10. Thank you Shanthi Ji! for dropping at my space. This looks good and very useful for festive fasting days... and My mom name is also Santi, so I already feel like connected.:-)

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  11. Thanks for sharing shanthi, nice one, will love to try out

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  12. fabulous gravy. love the addition of pumpkin

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  13. Lovely looking gravy..will be useful when we have jain guests.
    I also saw all your recipes on the other blog..miss all that yummy Iyyangar food we used to eat when we were in Chennai..

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  14. A gravy with yellow pumpkin definitely sounds interesting.

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  15. Gravy looks superb. Thanks for sharing this awesome recipe.

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  17. Lovely post,interesting thick gravy ..never thought to make without onion & garlic:-)

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  18. Gravy looks superb,thanks for sharing.

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  19. Very nice gravy tip. By doing this, yellow pumpkin will be consumed, which is very healthy. Including red, orange and yellow color vegetables in our daily menu are essential.I think we can use this as a substitute for coconut for all gravies. Thank you.

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  20. oh pumpkin? i did not know that..thanks for posting this ..good one..

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  21. the gravy just looks too enticing...mouthwatering!

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  23. Great Recipe !!! I would never have thought yellow pumpkin could have been used in the Jain Gravy. Makes the gravy more delicious and love the color as well.

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  25. Nice recipe, very informative about Jain food. I am sure there will be more these kind of Jain food recipe in future.

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