Special Annakoot For Goverdhan Puja

A festival without food is incomplete. Try out this special Annakoot recipe prepared with varieties of Indian herbs and spices and fresh produces such as  potatoes, brinjal etc

Ingredients for Annakoot

• Potatoes 2
• Brinjal 2-3 (small size)
• Cauliflower 1
• Sem (bro beans) 100 grams (3/4 cup Chopped)
• Sangri (rish beans) 100 grams (3/4 cup)
• Carrot 1
• Rish 1
• Round gourd 2
• Colocasia (arbi) 1
• Ly finger 6-7
• Parwal 2-3
• Bottle gourd (lauki) 3 inch batons
• Capsicum 1
• Raw banana 1
• Pumpkin - small piece
• d little of any vegetable you like 

Spices for Annakoot recipes

• Ginger 2 inch long baton
• Green chilly 2-3
• Green fenugreek 1 cup (finely chopped)
• Oil 3-4 tbsp
• Asafoetida 2-3 pinch
• Cumin seeds 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder 1 tsp
• Coriander powder 2 tsp
• Red chilly powder 3/4 tcp
• Mango powder 1/2 tsp (optional)
• Garam masala 1/2 or 1 tsp 
• Salt 1/2 tsp (as per taste)
• Green coriander 100 grams (finely chopped)

Directions to make Annakoot

Clean all vegetables, peel potatoes, remove stalk of brinjals, floret cauliflower, remove thre from both sides of sem. remove stalk from both ends of sangri ,peel carrots, cut off both ends of ly's finger, peel round gourd and arbi, peel rish and remove its stalk, peel parwal and cut its edges from both ends, remove stem of capsicum n cut into 2 halves and remove seeds as well., peel lauki and banana. Wash all of se vegetables properly.

Strain washed vegetables, apart from potatoes, brinjals, cauliflower , Cut rest of vegetables into medium sized pieces, finely chop rish leaves as well. All vegetables are chopped now.

Wash tomatoes and cut into small pieces, wash, remove stem and chop chilies. Peel, wash and grate ginger. Wash green coriander and chop it finely.

Preheat oil in a wok. d Asafoetida and cumin seeds in hot oil. After cumin seeds are roasted put turmeric powder, coriander powder and saute for while. Now d green chilies, ginger and gently fry spices.

Now d all chopped vegetables in wok. Also chop potatoes, brinjals and raw banana and d m as well. d salt and red chilly powder n mix all vegetables.

Put about 1 cup of water, cover pan and cook vegetables on a high flame till it comes to boil. Once curry comes to boil cook on a low flame, after 15 minutes check to see if vegetables have turned soft. If not n cover lid and let it cook some more.

When vegetables turn soft n mix chopped tomatoes. Cook till tomatoes become soft n put garam masala, mango powder and green coriander in curry. Turn off flame.

Tasty and mouth drooling Annakoot Bhog is rey.Offer Annakoot Pras to Lord Krishna's deity n later have it yourself with puri or roti.

(Recipe credit: nishamhulika.com)