VEG KURMA HOTEL STYLE

VEG kurma hotel style:

There are many ways to make veg kurma. Sharing one popular hotel style kurma which is used as side for chapathi ,parota or Idiyappam.
This recipe serves 3-4 people.
This can also be prepared once for in a pressure cooker. But here I have pre cooked the veggies first and prepared the dish in a pan.

Ingredients:
Veggies (cauliflower,Beans,Carrot,Potato) - Close to 1 and half cup

Onion - 1 medium chopped
Tomato - 1 medium chopped
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
Salt - as per taste
Water - as reqd
Yogurt - 1/2 cup
Oil -  2 tsp
Ghee - 1 tsp
Saunf - 1/2 tsp

To Grind :
Coconut - 1/2 cup
Fried Gram - 1/3 rd cup
Cashews - 5 nos
Poppy seeds - 1/2 tsp
Saunf - 1 tsp
Cloves - 2
Cinnamon - 1 small piece
Green chilli - 1
Cardamom - 1


Steps:
1. Pressure cook the veggies chopped for three whistles and keep it aside.
2. Add all the ingredients under "to grind" in a mixer and grind it to a smooth paste adding some water.

3. In a pan add oil,saunf and allow it to fry and then add onions and req salt for onion to it and saute till it turns translucent.
4.Add ginger garlic paste and saute till the raw smell disappears.
5.Add tomatoes and saute till it turns mushy.

6.Add the dry spice powders (turmeric,chilli,coriander,garam masala) and the reqd Salt for kurma and saute it for another minute.

7.Now add the paste grinded in Step 2 and saute it for two mins.
8.  Add the cooked veggies at this stage and allow it to cook for few mins and give a boil.
9. At this stage add curd and give a quick stir. Quickly turn off the flame.(note : lemon juice can also be added here instead of curd)

10. Garnish with coriander leaves.

11. Kurma is ready to be served.


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