Niramish Jhol

This is a bengali staple food. My mother in law insists this is a comfort food and a health food and I agree completely. If you are not feeling well especially for stomach issues, this Jhol should help you bounce back to your normal self. It has a lot of vegetables and has jeera, turmeric, coriander. You can choose any number of vegetables for this, but potatoes and brinjal are recommended.

Here I have used potatoes, brinjal, squash, cabbage and potol.

Serves 2
Preparation time : 10 min
Cooking time : 15 min

Ingredients :

Vegetables of your choice - 250 grams
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 2 tsp
Green chili - 1-2
Chili powder - to taste (if you want it hot - optional). I have not used it.
Cumin powder - 1 tsp
Oil - 1 1/2 Tbsp
Salt - to taste

Steps:
1. Clean and cut all the vegetables into equal sized pieces.
2. Heat the oil in a kadai or saucepan, add the vegetables and stir them so that the oil is coated. (Add the vegetables one by one keeping in mind their cooking times. For example, potol takes long time to cook and cabbage the least. So, potol goes in first and cabbage the last after 3 minutes)
3. Add salt and stir fry for 5 minutes, till vegetables turn tender.
4. Now add all the powders except cumin powder and add a cup of water. Boil for another 5 minutes
5. Add Cumin powder and boil for another 5 minutes or so when the jhol reaches desired consistency and vegetables are well cooked.(Recommended consistency is jhol should be runny)