Navratan Korma

 

Navratan Korma is popular Indian Vegetable Korma curry made with nuts, raisins, malai, carrots, cashews and many other ingredients.  The Navratan Korma Recipe below makes a tasty curry dish where all the spices and ingredients fuse together to give an authentic Korma flavour. 'Navratan' means 'nine gems,' so choose nine of the vegetables and nuts. You can leave out ingredients you don't want to use, or substitute them if you feel adventurous.

 

Ingredients

• 1 tsp Cuminseeds
• 2 tsp Khuskhus (poppyseeds)
• 1 tsp Cardamoms
• 1 large Onion
• 3 Green Chillies
• 1/4 cup Malai (cream)
• 3 tbsp Butter
• 1 small Sweet Lime
• 2 cups boiled Peas
• 1 boiled large Carrot chopped
• 1/2 cup Tomato sauce
• 1/4 cup curd
• 1 small Apple
• 1 Banana
• 2 Pineapple slices
• 10-15 Cashewnuts
• 20 Raisins
• 1 tbsp chopped Coriander
• 1 tbsp Ghee
• Add salt to taste
• 1/4 shredded Coconut

Method:

• Grind the dry masala and then grind wet masala separately.
• Finely chop all the fruit.
• Heat ghee and fry the cashewnuts, then drain and keep aside.
• Add butter to ghee and heat it.
• Add the wet masala and fry for 2 minutes.
• Add the dry masala and salt and fry for 2 more minutes.
• Add the carrots and peas and mix together with curd and cream and add to gravy.
• Allow to thicken a bit, add fruit, cashews and raisins.
• Boil till the gravy is thick and the fat separates.
• Garnish with grated cheese and coriander.
• Serve hot.