Hotel style Vegetable kurma

This is an easy to make but hotel like tasty vegetable kurma. It makes a good side dish for chapathi and poori. But it goes well with aapam too.





Vegetable kurma

Ingredients:
to grind
green chillies - 4
grated coconut - 1/4 cup
sombu - 1 spn
jeera - 1 spn
coriander seeds - 1 spn
kuskus - 1spn
coriander leaves - few
cashew - 6 (optional)
to saute:
bellary onion - 1 no (cut lengthwise)
tomato - 1 no
garlic - 8 nos
ginger - 1/4 inch
curry leaves - few
cloves - 3
bay leaf - 1
elaichi - 2
cinnamon - 1/2 inch
marathi mokku - 1
garam masala - 1/2 spn
turmeric powder - 1/4 spn
salt - to taste
oil - 1 spn
mixed vegetables - 2 cup

Method :

Grind all the ingredients mentioned in the to grind list. Grind the ginger and garlic to a fine paste. Pour 1 spn oil in a pressure cooker and heat it, Then put the bay leaf, cardomom, cloves, cinnamon and marathi mokku. Once they crackle add curry leaves, onion and saute till onions are golden brown. Add the ginger garlic paste and tomato. Saute till the raw smell is gone and the tomato is mashed well. Now add the cut vegetables(vegetables like beans, carrot, cauliflower, peas and potato can  be used). Add the garam masala, turmeric powder and salt and mix well. Add the ground paste and let in simmer for 5 mins.Niw add 1 to 1.5 cups of water and close the cooker. Switch off after one whistle. Garnish with coriander leaves.

 

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