Navratan Korma

Name: Navratan Korma
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 3 - 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: Paste -; 12 cashewnuts; 12 almonds; 1 tbsp melon seeds; 1 tbsp poppy seeds; 1/4 cup water to grind; Other ingredients -; 1/2 cup carrots chopped; 1/2 cup fresh peas; 1/2 cup potatoes chopped; 1/2 cup green beans chopped; 3/4 cup cauliflower florets; 4 tbsp ghee; 1 bay leaf; 1 inch cinnamon; 4 cloves; 3 cardamom; 1 black cardamom; 1 piece mace; 2 onion finely sliced; 2 green chillies chopped; 1 tsp ginger paste; 1 tsp garlic paste; 1/2 cup yoghurt; 1/4 cup fresh cream; 1/2 tsp garam masala; 1/4 tsp turmeric; 1/2 tsp chilli powder; 1.5 cup water; Salt to taste

spicequeen @mrunalthakkar

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Navratra korma is a nuts and yoghurt based yellow curry which has various vegetables, dry fruits and pineapple pieces. It is a mild and creamy gravy which tastes absolutely delicious served with naan, roti or rice.

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Ingredients

1 hr

3 - 4 servings

Paste -
12cashewnuts
12almonds
1 tbspmelon seeds
1 tbsppoppy seeds
1/4 cupwater to grind
Other ingredients -
1/2 cupcarrots chopped
1/2 cupfresh peas
1/2 cuppotatoes chopped
1/2 cupgreen beans chopped
3/4 cupcauliflower florets
4 tbspghee
1bay leaf
1 inchcinnamon
4cloves
3cardamom
1black cardamom
1 piecemace
2onion finely sliced
2green chillies chopped
1 tspginger paste
1 tspgarlic paste
1/2 cupyoghurt
1/4 cupfresh cream
1/2 tspgaram masala
1/4 tspturmeric
1/2 tspchilli powder
1.5 cupwater
Salt to taste
Garnishing -
2 tspghee
4almonds peeled
4cashewnuts
4wanut halves
1/2 tbspraisins
2 tspmelon seeds
5pistachio nuts
1/4 cuppineapple pieces

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Steps

1 hr

1

To make the paste, soak cashew nuts, almond, melon seeds and poppy seeds in hot water for 30 minutes. Drain the seeds and peel the almonds. Grind everything to a smooth paste. Prepare all the vegetables required for the curry.
2

Heat ghee in a pan and add all the whole spices to it. Saute it for 30 seconds. Now add sliced onion to it and saute it until light brown in colour. Now add green chillies, ginger and garlic to it and saute it for a minute.
3

Add the paste to it and mix it well. Now add turmeric and chilli powder to it and give it a good mix. Cook it for 3 to 4 min on low heat. Now add yoghurt to it and mix well. Keep the heat low.
4

Now add water, salt and vegetables to it and mix everything well. Let it cook until all the vegetables are just done. Do not over cook the vegetables.
5

Now add fresh cream and garam masala to it and give it a good mix. To prepare garnishing, heat ghee in a pan and add all the dry fruits to it and roast it for a min on low heat. Now add pineapple pieces and turn off the heat.
6

Add the curry in a serving bowl and top it up with the garnishing. Serve it with naan, roti, paratha or rice.

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spicequeen @mrunalthakkar

on November 27, 2022 13:31

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I am Mrunal Thakkar. I can introduce myself as a passionate cook. All the time there is mainly one thing on my mind and that is to cook something that my family likes to eat. I just love food ingredients and I love to feed family and friends.The same love has inspired me to start my cooking channel on YouTube under the name spice queen. I would love to share my recipes with you all. There is no greater joy.Keep cooking! Keep experimenting! Keep spreading love!