Navarathan Kurma

One of my favorite dishes - I always used to order this as a side dish for Naan or Roti in Indian restaurants. Its a whole plethora of vegetables and I'm sure you get your daily 5 servings quota from just this one dish!

I do have to mention that this is my own version - the main ingredient missing here is paneer. I did not have any Paneer with me and kind of decided at the last moment to make this - so if you are planning to make it, please add paneer for a better navarathan kurma. It does still have 8 veggies and ginger and green chilli - so that's almost navarathan. And besides, I cannot name this Astharathan! hahah

One other thing that's different is that I did not add any raisins or kismis to this like the restaurants do. I kind of kept it towards the spicier side. So, its totally upto you to add raising if you like.

And I've taken all the pictures with my new camera. I love the new camera - the pics are so much better than the old ones.

To begin with, chop and dice all your veggies. I used Cauliflower, potatoes, green beans, carrots, green peas, onions, green bell peppers and tomatoes. Also chop up some fresh ginger, garlic and green chilli. You can always skip/add things to suit your taste.

In a wide pan, add a tsp of oil. Add some Jeera to this when hot. Then, add the ginger, garlic and green chilli - fry for a min. Then, add the chopped onions and fry for another min. Now, add the green bell peppers (capsicum) and fry again for a min.

Now, add the chopped tomatoes to this and fry for another min. At this point, add the masala in here - salt, turmeric powder, 1 tsp of kashmiri red chilli powder, 2 tsp of garam masala. Mix everything well and fry for a min.

Now, add the mixed vegetables to this. Add a little bit more salt and masala if required and fry for a couple of mins.

Add about 2 cups of water to this and cook on sim for about 10 mins. Cover it with a splatter screen to keep your cooktop clean!

 

Let the veggies cook completely but at the same time, they should not become overcooked and mushy. Here's a picture of them boiling!

When the veggies are done, switch off the stove and add about 2 tbsp of heavy cream to this. If you don't have cream, you can add some milk and butter mixed together - but that does not give you the same taste as the cream.

Mix well and set aside. We are almost done here.

Now, in a small pan, add a tsp of ghee and fry some broken cashewnuts in there. When golden, move it over the navarathan kurma.

I just love this shot -

Here's my Navarathan Kurma!

Garnished with a piece of basil mint from my garden!

I made some fresh regular chappathis. Serve it hot with chappathis or rotis or naan or even just mix it up with rice. Serve hot.

 

Enjoy. Peace Out!