Sunday, August 21, 2011

Mixed Vegetable Kurma




This kurma is more like the one we get from hotels.After finding a lots of sites and references I managed to get this and have tried cooking for the last 3-4 yrs now. And everyone in my family likes this kurma with parota and other tiffins

Requirements :
2 cups of Vegetables (Beans, carrot,Potato, peas)
1 onion chopped finely
1 big tomato
Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp
Whole garam masala like Cinnamon,bay leaf,cloves etc
Salt and Oil as required.
Garam masala - 1 tsp
Mint leaves - few

To Grind into Paste

Green Chillies - 4-6 according to taste
Coriander seeds - 1 tsp
Jeera - 1 tsp
saunf or Aniseeds - 1 tsp
cashews - 6 (soak for 30 mins along with khus khus)
khus khus - 1 tsp
coconut - 1/4 cup
coriander leaves 1 tsp finely chopped

Method:
1. Heat a vok with 2 tbsp of oil and add the whole garam masalas to this.

2. Add onion and saute it, then add ginger garlic paste and saute until the raw smell goes.

3. Add tomatoes and wait for it to cook well and blend with onions. Add the vegetables to this and saute..sprinkle some water and close the lid, wait for the vegetables to cook well.

4. when its cooked add the ground paste to the vok and add required amount of water, salt, garam masala powder and mix it. wait for it to boil well.

5. When its boiled add the mint leaves to this and stir it and stop the flame and serve hot with parota.It also goes well with dosai,idly,chapathi, poori etc.

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