Navratan Kurma

This north indian dish is a perfect combination of sweet 'n hot ,tastes delicious with rotis,naans and all type of indian breads.Come lets do it...


Serves 4 persons

Ingredients:

STEP 1

Potatoes................ 2
Chopped beans.........1/2 cup
Chopped carrot.........1/2 cup
Chopped capsicum......1/2 cup
Green peas................1/4 cup
Cauliflower...........1/4th of a Medium flower
Paneer.................Just 5-7 pieces
Chopped Apple.....1/4 of an apple
Chopped Pineapple....5-8 pieces
Ginger Garlic paste......... 2 Spoons

Cashewnuts........5

Raisins............5

Chopped onion ............ 2 cups

Chopped tomato...............1 cup
Fresh cream......... 4 spoons
Salt .......as required
Turmeric powder....1/2 spoon

STEP 2
(for seasoning)

Oil...........6 to 8 spoons

Cinnamon..........1

Cloves..................2

Bay leaves...............1

Cardamom..........3

Star anis............1

Jeera-1 Spoon


STEP 3
(to grind)

Cloves...............2
Cinnamon.............1 large stick
Elaichi.................2
Shajeera(Black jeera)............1/4 th tsp
Jeera.................1 tsp
Green chillies........5
Coriander seeds..........1 spoon
Cashew nuts(soaked)....... 10 nos
Coconut...... 25 gram
Fennel seeds.....1 Spoon


Procedure:

1.Firstly, Half cook all the chopped Vegetables.Fry paneer cubes with oil separately.Now keep these ingredients aside.

2.Secondly, Fry all the STEP 3 ingredients with little drops of oil.Then grind it with little water to a fine paste.

Note:This can also be grounded raw,but the taste will be gud if fried & grounded.

3.Now comes the main part, Place a kadai on flame,add oil and heat it.Add all the seasoning ingredients(step 2).

4.Once fried,add chopped onions and little salt to avoid blackening.Then add ginger garlic paste & turmeric powder,fry till raw smell goes off.

5.Now add chopped tomatoes,fry till oil separates out.Then add the grounded paste and fry it for 5-7 mins till the raw smell leaves.

6.Pour 1/4 litre of water,allow this to boil for 5 minutes.Once it gets thick,add all the vegetables,cashew,raisins,fruits& paneer.Also at this stage don forget to add fresh cream/curd.

7.Add required salt.Again add water if the kuruma gets hard.Close the kadai with a lid and Let it boil for 10-15 minutes.

8.Once it is done,garnish this with chopped cilantro and fresh cream.And now the sweet 'n hot Navratan kuruma is ready.

9.Hav a gud day.