Vegetable Kurma

A easy recipe if you have the frozen mixed vegetable pack :), otherwise you need to spend a lot of time prepping the vegetables. But overall a good and versatile dish that goes well with rice dishes like veg. pulav, pudina rice as well as plain rice and roti.

Ingredients

All vegetables 1/2 cup each
ChoppedCarrots
Green Peas (shelled)
Cauliflower florets
Chopped potatoes
Chopped green beans
Chopped onions - 1 big
Chopped Tomato - 1 big
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Salt
Turmeric powder
Red chilly powder
Coconut milk - 1 cup
Garam masala
Yoghurt or curd - 1/4 cup
Tej pata or Bay leaf
Cinamon stick
Cloves - 3-4
Crushed cardamom - 3-4
Chopped coriander leaves

Process

1. Add little oil in a deep dish and heat
2. Add tej pata, cinamom stick, cloves and cardamom and fry. Then add onions and fry.
3. When the onions become translucent, add the ginger garlic paste and fry till their raw smell is gone.
4. Then add the chopped tomatos and fry till they become slightly soft
5. Add the vegetables and fry for approx. 5 mins.
6. Now add the spices - salt, red chilly powder, turmeric powder and garam masala. Fry for another 1-2 mins. Now add the coconut milk and cook for sometime.Also add the yoghurt.
7. Add water just enough to cover the vegetables and cook till the vegetables are cooked. I generally use the cooker. So I cook for 3 whistles.
8. Once done garnish with the chopped coriander. All done :)