Simple Vegetable Kurma (Mixed Vegetable Korma)

Ingredients :

Carrot - 1/4 cup (chopped 1") Fresh Peas - 1/4 cup Potato - 1/4 cup (chopped 1") Beans - 1/4 cup (chopped 1") Onion - 2 no (chopped) Tomato - 3 nos (chopped) Ginger & Garlic Paste - 1 and 1/2 tsp Red Chili Powder - 1 tsp Coriander Powder - 1 and 1/2 tsp Bay Leaf - 1 no Cinnamon Stick - 2 nos (2" long) Cloves -2 nos Cardamon - 2 nos Fennel Seeds - 1/2 tsp Fried Gram Flour / Udacha Kadalai Maavu - 2 tbsp Coconut Paste - 3 tbsp Coriander Leaves - 2 tbsp (chopped) Curry Leaves - 1 stk Oil - 2 tbsp Water - 2 cup Salt to taste.

Method :

Heat Oil in a Pressure Cooker, roast Bay Leaf, Fennel Seeds, Cardamom and Cloves, then add Onion and Curry Leaves, saute until light golden colour. Add Ginger & Garlic Paste, saute until raw smell leaves. Add Tomato and saute for an minute. Now add all Vegetables and saute for an minute.

Add Red Chili Powder, Coriander Powder and Turmeric Powder, saute until raw smell leaves. Then add Fried Gram Flour, Coconut Paste and required Salt, saute for few seconds. Add Water, bring to boil, close the lid and cook for 1 whistle and 3mins in simmer. When all the steam has escaped, open Pressure Cooker, mix well and ready to serve.

Serving Suggestion : Serve hot with Poori and Chapati.