Navratan Korma

Ingredients

2 cups peas boiled 

1 large carrot chopped and boiled 

1/2 cup tomato sauce 

1/4 cup curd 

1/4 cup malai (cream) 

3 tbsp. butter 

1 small sweet lime 

1 small apple 

1 banana 

2 slices pineapple 

10-15 cashew nuts 

20 raisins 

2 glaced cherries for decoration 

1 tbsp. coriander chopped 

1 tbsp. ghee salt to taste

Dry Masala

 1 tsp. cuminseeds 

2 tsp. khuskhus (poppyseeds) 

1 tsp. cardamoms

Wet Masala

 1 large onion 

1/4 cup coconut shredded 

3 green chilies

Method

Grind the dry and wet masalas separately. Chop all the fruit fine. Heat ghee and fry cashews, drain and keep aside. Add butter to ghee and heat, add the wet masala and fry for 2 minutes. Add the dry masala and salt and fry 2 more minutes. Add the carrots and peas, mix together curd and cream and add to gravy.

Allow to thicken a bit, add fruit, cashews and raisins and boil till the gravy is thick and the fat separates.

Garnish with grated cheese ,coriander and chopped cherries. Serve hot with naan, roti or paratha.

Making time: 45 minutes Makes for: 6 Shelf life: Best fresh

Potato in Curd Gravy

Ingredients

3 medium. potatoes boiled and peeled 1 cup curd or yogurt beaten     1 tsp. red chilli powder 1 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. dhania powder 1/4 tsp. turmeric powder 1/4 tsp. garam masala 2 pinches asafoetida 1 stalk curry leaves

 1 tbsp. coriander leaves chopped
 1 1/4 cup water
 1/2 tsp. each ginger, garlic grated
 2 green chillies slit
 1 tsp. each cumin, mustard seeds
 1/4 tsp. wheat flour
 1 tbsp. oil

 Method:

Cut potatoes into big pieces. Mash 3-4 pieces fine with hand. Keep both aside.
Mix all the dry masala in 1/4 cup water.
Heat oil. Add the seeds (cumin and mustard). When they splutter, add ginger-garlic, chilli and curry leaves.
Add the masala mixture and fry for 2 minutes.
Add beaten curd and fry for 5 minutes or till the curd loses its whiteness. Stir continuously after adding curd.

 Add the remaining water and all the potato and flour. Stir well.
 Boil and simmer for 10 minutes or till gravy thickens
Garnish with chopped coriander.
Serve hot with thin wheat chappaties and rice.

Making time: 30 minutes.
Makes for: 5
Shelf life: Best fresh