Call Me Korma
A rich curry made with nine ingredients.
Servings8
Prep Time40 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Ingredients
- the vegetables
- 2 carrotspeeled and chopped
- 1cup shelled peas
- 1 large Potato
- 1cup chopped green beans
- 1cup chopped cauliflower
- 8-9 babycornchopped
- 2slices thick round pineapplechopped
- for the royal paste
- 2tbsp Poppy seeds
- cup ¼almonds
- cup ¼cashew
- 2tbsp melon seeds
- for the korma
- 2 medium sized onionssliced
- 2-3 Green chilieschopped
- tbsp ½chopped or crushed ginger
- 1cup and halfdahi
- cup ½cream
- tsp ½mace and green cardamom powder
- tsp ½turmeric powder
- 2tsp red chili powder
- 4-5tbsp ghee
- salt as required
- whole garam masala
- 5 green cardamom
- 1 black cardamom
- 5 Cloves
- 1 stick cinnamon
- 1 Bay Leaf
- pinch aof mace
- For The Garnish
- 10-12 pistachois
- 10 cashewnuts
- 10 Almonds
- 10 walnut halves
- 1tbsp raisins
- 1tbsp sunflower seeds
- 1tbsp melon seedsoptional
- 1tbsp chopped mint leaves
- pinch aof saffron strands
- tbsp ½julienned ginger
Instructions
Preparing the paste
- Soak the poppy seeds for 30 minutes in water.
- Blanch the almonds and remove the skin.
- Make a fine paste of the blanched almonds, poppy seeds, cashew-nuts, melon seeds with around ½ cup of water.
Preparing the garnish
- Blanch the almonds and pistachios and remove the skin.
- Soak the almonds and pistachios with the cashew, sunflower seeds and raisins in warm water for 15 minutes.
Preparing the korma
- Heat ghee in a deep pan and add all the whole garam masala ingredients and fry till they crackle.
- Add the sliced onions and brown them.
- Now add the ginger and green chilies and stir for a minute.
- Lower or turn off the flame.
- Add both the turmeric and red chili powder.
- Add the vegetables, curd and the paste and salt.
- Add water depending on what consistency you want of the gravy
- Mix well.
- Cover and simmer the veggies till they are cooked.
- Once the veggies are cooked, add the cream and stir it with the rest of the korma for a minute.
- Sprinkle the mace and cardamom powder and half of the garnish.
- Stir and serve with the remaining garnish.
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