Vegetable Korma

Vegetable Korma

Ingredients

Onion                                                                                              1 (medium)

Tomato                                                                                           1 (medium)

Carrot                                                                                             1 (sliced)

Beans                                                                                            1/4 cup (sliced)

Potato                                                                                             1 (sliced)

Coconut                                                                                       1/2 cup (grated)

Ginger-Garlic paste                                                                           2 tsp

Green chillies                                                                                     3 - 4

Cashewnuts                                                                                      4 - 5

Poppy seeds (khus khus)                                                               3/4 tbsp

Fennel seeds                                                                                   1 tsp

Cinnamon                                                                                    1 small piece

Curry leaves                                                                                   A sprig

Oil                                                                                                As required

Salt                                                                                                To taste

Coriander leaves                                                                          To garnish

Preparation

Clean and cut the vegetables, cook it adding salt and keep it aside. You can add green peas to it.

Grind the grated coconut with ginger-garlic paste, green chillies, poppy seeds, cashewnuts into a fine paste.

Take a kadai, heat oil, add cinnamon, fennel seeds and when it splutters, add sliced onion, curry leaves, saute well.

Add the cooked vegetables, stir well. Now add the chopped tomato, saute well.

Add the ground paste and 1/2 cup water, salt and allow it to boil on low flame for sometime till the raw smell goes. Korma is a thick gravy so dont add much water. 

One more thing, when you add the ground paste, it may taste bitter but no woories because when it is boiled and gets cooked for sometime you may get a good taste.

Garnish it with fresh coriander leaves !