South Indian Style Vegetable Kurma Recipe
A vegetarian South Indian Recipes recipe with mixed vegetables - use carrots, onion, tomatoes - pureed. Ready in 1h, serves 4.
Curated byAditi Iyer🇮🇳
Instructions
20 steps- 1
To begin with South Indian Style Vegetable Kurma, clean, wash and chop all the vegetables into small pieces
mixed vegetables - use carrots(2 cups) - 2
Cook them either in a pressure cooker or open pot
- 3
Do not overcook the vegetables; they have to be cooked Al dente
mixed vegetables - use carrots(2 cups) - 4
Keep them aside
- 5
Finely chop onions and puree the tomatoes without adding water
onion(2)tomatoes - pureed(2) - 6
Soak cashews in enough water for about 30 minutes
to 20 cashew nuts(15) - 7
Grind soaked cashews and poppy seeds with little water into fine paste
ginger garlic paste(1 tablespoon)poppy seeds(2 tablespoon)to 20 cashew nuts(15) - 8
Grind grated coconut into thick smooth paste
ginger garlic paste(1 tablespoon)fresh coconut - grated(4 tablespoon) - 9
Keep it aside
- 10
Heat oil in a deep bottom pan
- 11
Add cinnamon sticks, cardamom and clove
inch cinnamon stick (dalchini)(2)cardamom (elaichi) pods/seeds(3) - 12
Next add finely chopped onions and green chilies, sauté till onions turn translucent
onion(2)green chilli(2) - 13
Add ginger garlic paste and cook till raw smell of the paste is gone
ginger garlic paste(1 tablespoon) - 14
Add tomato puree and cook till oil separates from the sides of the pan
- 15
Add the spice powders and mix well
red chilli powder(1 tablespoon)-/2 coriander powder (dhania)(1 tablespoon)turmeric powder (haldi)(1 teaspoon)black pepper powder(1 teaspoon) - 16
Next, add cooked vegetables alone with water in it and bring it to boilAdd salt to taste and cook for another 5 minutes
mixed vegetables - use carrots(2 cups)salt - to tastesalt - to taste - 17
Now add coconut paste and cashew-poppy seed paste, simmer
ginger garlic paste(1 tablespoon)fresh coconut - grated(4 tablespoon)poppy seeds(2 tablespoon)to 20 cashew nuts(15) - 18
Mix well and turn off the flame
- 19
Do not let it boil again; else coconut paste will split the kurma
ginger garlic paste(1 tablespoon)fresh coconut - grated(4 tablespoon) - 20
Remove from flame immediately and South Indian Style Vegetable Kurma is ready to be served
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South Indian Style Vegetable Kurma Recipe
A vegetarian South Indian Recipes recipe with mixed vegetables - use carrots, onion, tomatoes - pureed. Ready in 1h, serves 4.
Curated byAditi Iyer🇮🇳
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Directions
20 steps- 1
To begin with South Indian Style Vegetable Kurma, clean, wash and chop all the vegetables into small pieces
mixed vegetables - use carrots(2 cups) - 2
Cook them either in a pressure cooker or open pot
- 3
Do not overcook the vegetables; they have to be cooked Al dente
mixed vegetables - use carrots(2 cups) - 4
Keep them aside
- 5
Finely chop onions and puree the tomatoes without adding water
onion(2)tomatoes - pureed(2) - 6
Soak cashews in enough water for about 30 minutes
to 20 cashew nuts(15) - 7
Grind soaked cashews and poppy seeds with little water into fine paste
ginger garlic paste(1 tablespoon)poppy seeds(2 tablespoon)to 20 cashew nuts(15) - 8
Grind grated coconut into thick smooth paste
ginger garlic paste(1 tablespoon)fresh coconut - grated(4 tablespoon) - 9
Keep it aside
- 10
Heat oil in a deep bottom pan
- 11
Add cinnamon sticks, cardamom and clove
inch cinnamon stick (dalchini)(2)cardamom (elaichi) pods/seeds(3) - 12
Next add finely chopped onions and green chilies, sauté till onions turn translucent
onion(2)green chilli(2) - 13
Add ginger garlic paste and cook till raw smell of the paste is gone
ginger garlic paste(1 tablespoon) - 14
Add tomato puree and cook till oil separates from the sides of the pan
- 15
Add the spice powders and mix well
red chilli powder(1 tablespoon)-/2 coriander powder (dhania)(1 tablespoon)turmeric powder (haldi)(1 teaspoon)black pepper powder(1 teaspoon) - 16
Next, add cooked vegetables alone with water in it and bring it to boilAdd salt to taste and cook for another 5 minutes
mixed vegetables - use carrots(2 cups)salt - to tastesalt - to taste - 17
Now add coconut paste and cashew-poppy seed paste, simmer
ginger garlic paste(1 tablespoon)fresh coconut - grated(4 tablespoon)poppy seeds(2 tablespoon)to 20 cashew nuts(15) - 18
Mix well and turn off the flame
- 19
Do not let it boil again; else coconut paste will split the kurma
ginger garlic paste(1 tablespoon)fresh coconut - grated(4 tablespoon) - 20
Remove from flame immediately and South Indian Style Vegetable Kurma is ready to be served
Rate this recipe
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