Vegetable xacuti

Ingredients:

1. 1 tbspn oil
2. 1 cup grated coconut
3. 2 cloves
4. 1 inch cinnamon stick
5. 4 peppercorn
6. 2 tspn coriander seeds
7. a pinch of nutmeg powder
8. 1 petal star anise deseeded
9. 1/4 tspn fennel seeds
10. 1 mace
11. 1/2 tspn turmeric powder
12. 1/2 tspn chilly powder
13. 1 green chilly chopped
14. salt to taste
15. 1/4 tspn sugar
16. 1 clove gralic crushed
17. 1 small onion 
18. 1/2-1 cup coconut milk
19. 2 cups chopped vegetable (carrot, beans, green peas, caulflower, corn, potato etc)
20. coriander leaves to garnish 

  Procedure

1. Fry or roast all the above ingredient from 1-13( till coconut becomes golden brown)
2. Once they cool add onion ,garlic and a little water. Grind it to fine paste.
3. In a utensil add vegetables and coconut milk and boil til vegetables are half cooked
4. To this add the ground paste, salt and sugar and cook till the paste is cooked.
5. Garnish with coriander and serve with rice bread rotis etc.