Heat a pan and on a low flame dry roast the spices cinnamon, cloves, black peppers, coriander, cumin, stone flower, pinch of nutmeg powder,bay leaf,red chilies, green cardamoms and black cardamom seeds

Once the spices become fragrant, then add poppy seeds, sesame seeds and desicated coconut.

Stir continuously and dry roast till the desiccated coconut gets golden keep aside to cool

Once the spice mixture cools, then take them in a mixer jar and make fine powder of this

Now peel and cut the veggies in thick strips batons or optional size

Prepare a steamer and place them and steamed not too over cook other break the pieces

Heat oil in a pan and add chopped onions. Saute the onions till they are light golden

Now add ginger and garlic paste and stir
till the raw aroma of the ginger and garlic goes away.

Now add chopped tomatoes and saute the tomatoes till soften and seems oil on vessels sides.

Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder and asafoetida and stir

Add chopped bell pepper and baby corn and stir till it half cook on a low flame.

Now add the ground kolhapuri masala powder,stir and saute for few seconds.Then add salt and water and left to simmer

When oil seen on top then add the steamed veggies.

Stir and simmer veg kolhapuri gravy for about 2 minutes.

Finally add chopped coriander leaves
Now Veg Kolhapuri is ready to serve

Garnish with fresh coriander leaves,onion rings and some chopped red chilli

Serve veg kolhapuri hot for more taste with parathas,puri chapatis, phulkas.