1 May 2013

NAVRATAN KORMA


This dish is a combination of several vegetables cooked in a creamy silky sauce.  Korma has its roots in the Mughlai cuisine of modern day India and Pakistan. Korma basically means rich thick gravy. Korma is usually served with Jeera rice .

Ingredients
1 cup yogurt
1/2 cup coconut milk
vegetables  like potato, cauliflower, beans, carrot (cut into small pieces)
500 gm paneer cut into cubes
1 bell pepper
1 bayleaf
1 small cinnamon stick
2 cloves
1 big onion finely chopped
1 tsp gingergarlic paste
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp garam masala
1-2  green chillies chopped
2 tsp coriander powder
few coriander leaves
5 cashews fried
6-7  raisin
salt as per taste
2 tbsp olive oil
salt as per taste

Method
Blend yogurt, coconut milk, and pinch salt .Keep it aside
Heat a non-stick pan. Add oil and add potatoes, carrot, bean and flower. Saute it till half cooked and remove in a bowl.
In the remaining oil , add bayleaf, cinnamon stick, cloves, fry it till the aroma comes out of it.
Add onions saute it till it attains a brown colour,. Add gingergarlic paste, green chilli , fry it.
Add coriander powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder and fry it well till raw masala smell disappears.
Now add the yogurt and coconut milk mixture. Cook it for 5 mins.
Add paneer and sauteed vegetables and cook on low flame till the sauce thickens.
Add coriander leaves . Add fried cashews, raisins and pinch garam masala.
Cook for 5 more mins.