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Vegetable Korma ~ Welcoming the New Year with Moms Mixed Vegetable Curry with Whole Spices and Nuts

3 COMMENTS Posted by KALVA at 3:28:00 PM

Happy New Year 2010. Hope you all had a very good start in this new year and we wish you all good health, happiness and prosperity!!

I want to head start with Moms famous recipe, The Mighty Vegetable Kurma! Sometimes. out of the blue i badly crave for Moms spicy Mixed vegetable kurma and chapathi. This curry is very aromatic with freshly ground spices and herbs like Mint and Cilantro. Also mom adds KhusKhus( poppy seeds aka gasa gasalu ) , cashew nuts and Almonds to bring that rich and nutty flavor to the curry! This recipe is directly from Moms kitchen and it cant be bet!

Ingredients:

4 small red potatoes
1/2 tender small bottle gourd
2 tomatoes
1 large red onion
2 medium carrots
15-20 green beans
1/3 cup baby green peas6-10 cashew nuts
3 tbsp poppy seeds5-8 almonds
cilantro mint
4-5 cloves1 cinnamon stick
2 cardamom
ghee/butter

How to:

Chop carrots, beans, potatoes, squash and tomatoes into small chunks.
Chop onions length wise and keep aside.
Add carrots, beans, potatoes, squash and peas in a steam basket, add water into the pressure pan. keep this steam basket and pressure cook for 1 whistle. You can even microwave each veggies. The basic idea is to cook them with out making them mushy.
In a blender or jar, finely ground khus khus( poppy seeds ), cashew nuts, cloves, cinnamon,cardamom , red chillies into a very fine paste and keep aside.
In a heavy bottomed pan, add butter( ghee ) or oil, once the oil is heated add whole spices cardamom,. cinnamon stick, cloves and bay leaf, fry for few seconds and then add chopped onions. Once the onions are fried to golden hue, add ginger garlic paste, fry until the raw smell disappears. Now chopped tomatoes and cook until the oil separates from the gravy, add the khus khus, almonds and cashew nuts paste and fry for a minute.
Once the paste is cooked, add the boiled vegetables mix well and cook covered for 5 mins.
You can either add milk or water to get to required consistency( i prefer milk over water as it bring slight sweetness and a subtle taste to the curry ) and then cook well.
Garnish with chopped mint and cilantro.

Note:

This would be great for kids along with fresh rotis. This vegetable korma has a very good serving of veggies and please tone down the spices when cooking for kids. You can add any vegetables of child's preference to this curry to make it kid friendly!! My friends daughter loves Raisins, so i add some raisins, badam and kaju along with other vegetables!

Serving Suggestion:

Serve with a good cup of fresh homemade yogurt and sliced onions, cucumbers and tomatoes sprinkled with some salt, pepper and lime juice. Also you can serve with a slice of fresh lemon tobe squeezed over the curry! Don't forget the rotis!!

Moms Spicy Vegetable Kurma is on its way to:

Tomato Curry with Kasuri Methi And Peas( Methi Mutter Tamatar Curry )

22 COMMENTS Posted by Kalva at 7:45:00 AM

Simplicity in this Tomato And Kasuri Methi curry speaks a lot, be it in taste, aroma, flavor, easiness or texture. Usually if we are going to have chapathis i plan ahead for curries like palak paneer, bendi masala, dal makhani, matar paneer. But sometimes out of the blue my husband asks for chapathi., then i have to whip up some simple quick and easy curries. In that list comes first Tomato And Peas Curry. You can play with the herbs, garlic or even kasoori methi , any of these would completely transform the plain tomato curry to a brand new recipe. Usually i add either peas or paneer. This time i added Kasuri methi. This gave unique flavor to the dish and i was surprised to learn adding a couple of tbsps of Kasuri methi enchances so much flavor and wonderful aroma into the dish. Wish i had used kasuri methi long back!

Methi Mutter Tamatar Curry

You need:

2-3 large tomatoes
1 onion
2 tbsp kasoori methi
1/3 cup green peas
1/2 cup milk / half n half / fresh cream
1/2 - 1 tbsp red chilli powder
1 tsp coriander( dhaniya) powder
1/2 tsp garam masala or curry powder
a pinch of turmeric
2 stalks of coriander or cilantro
3 tbsp oil
Salt to taste

This curry satisfies all the taste palettes. The sourness from tomato, sweetness( and creaminess ) from milk, bitterness from kasuri methi and spice from the red chilli powder. What else can we ask for in this simple dish?

How to:

Chop onions and tomatoes very finely
In a kadai or sauce pan heat oil and add onions
Agg green peas and fry
Saute onions till golden brown( TIP: you can add some sugar to let onions brown quickly )
Optional: You can add 1 tsp ginger garlic paste and fry for 10 sec
Add powders and tomatoes.
When oil starts to seperate add kasuri methi leaves
Add milk and cook until the gravy becomes creamy
You can even add fresh cream or half n half if you dont count those calories
Adjust salt and spice to taste.
Garnish with chopped coriander/cilantro

Our dinner: Tomato And Methi Curry With Methi Paratha( Thepla )

Dont take my word how easy and delicious this Methi Mutter Tamatar curry is, try it for yourself. I am sure you will comeup with some new variations to the recipe and i would love to hear all that! Tomato Kasuri Methi Peas curry tastes delicious with hot rice or chapathi.

Tags:Kasuri Methi, Peas And Tomato Curry, Tomato Curry