DISH NAME : NAVRATTAN KORMA

Preparation Time : 20 minutes

Cooking Time : 30 minutes

Description

This is a rich Mughalai dish. Kormas are dishes either vegatables or meat in spicy or mild sauces made with cream, yoghurt or seed or nut pastes.
Nav means 9 in Hindi and rattan is jewel. This dish is named after the 9 jewels or 9 courtiers of Mughal emperor Akbar.
9 items, including vegetables, fruits, paneer and nuts are added.

Note

1) Vegetables like carrot, potato, cauliflower, beans are used.
2) After adding pineapple, vegetables will not cook.

Method

1) Boil vegetables with salt till just done and keep aside.
2) Add cashew pieces in 2 tbsp. boiling water. After 20 minutes grind this with boiled onion.
3) Heat oil. Add almonds, cashew and raisins and fry. remove and keep aside.
4) To the same oil, add garam masala, bay leaf and caraway seeds.
5) Add boiled onion cashew paste. After raw smell goes, add ginger, garlic green chilli paste. Fry till raw smell goes.
6) Add 1 cup water and when it comes to a boil, add boiled vegetables, fried paneer, pineapple, almonds, cashew and raisins.
7) Add salt to taste. Let it come to a boil and pineapple cook.
8) Add cumin powder and cream. Let it boil and become thick.
9) Garnish with corriander leaves.

Serving Suggestions

Serve with roti or naan.