Vegetable Korma is a boiled vegetable cooked in a creamy and spicy curry and is really very easy to prepare. Hope you like this recipe as you did like my previous recipe Soya Rice.
Ingredients For Vegetable Korma:-
- Two Teaspoons – Poppy Seeds
- One-Fourth Cup – Cashew Nuts
- One-Fourth Cup – Grated Coconut(fresh)
- One – Green Chili(chopped)
- One – Green Cardamom And Clove
- One Inch Piece Of Cinnamon
- Four – Peppercorns
- One-third Cup – French Beans(chopped)
- Half Cup Each Of – Green Peas(fresh or frozen), Carrots(diced), Cauliflower(diced), Potato(peeled and diced)
- One Small Piece Of Bay Leaf
- One Teaspoon – Ginger-Garlic Paste
- One Large Onion And Tomato(finely chopped)
- Half Cup – Yogurt(beaten)
- Half Teaspoon – Red Chili Powder
- One Teaspoon – Cumin-Coriander Powder
- Two Tablespoons – Oil
Directions:-
- Soak poppy seeds in one tablespoon hot water and cashew nuts in one-fourth hot water for fifteen minutes.
- Drain excess water from cashew nuts and add to the small chutney jar. Add soaked poppy seeds along with water.
- Grind them until medium coarse texture. If required, add some water.
- Add coconut, green chili, cardamom, clove, cinnamon, and peppercorns. Grind to a smooth paste.
- Wash and cut all vegetables(french beans, green peas, carrot, potato, and cauliflower) into small pieces.
- Boil one or two cups water in a saucepan over medium heat. Add diced potato and salt to boil it for five minutes.
- Now add diced carrot, French beans, green peas, and cauliflower and boil until all vegetables are tender but little crunchy, it will take around five minutes.
- Turn off the heat and drain excess water, keep the water for later use.
- Heat two tablespoons oil in a pan over medium heat. Add bay leaf and chopped onion. Saute until onion turns transparent then add ginger-garlic paste. Saute for two minutes then add tomato.
- Cook until tomatoes turn soft, now add prepared paste, stir and cook for two minutes. Stir continuously to prevent sticking.
- Add beaten yogurt, red chili powder, cumin-coriander powder and turmeric powder. Mix well and cook for five to six minutes.
- Add boiled veggies and three-fourths cup water from the boiled vegetables. Taste the gravy for the salt add if required more.
- Mix well and cook until gravy turns thick, it will take around 7-8 minutes.
- Stir in between occasionally to prevent sticking.
- Turn off the heat and transfer vegetable korma curry to the serving bowl.