Navratan Korma Recipe

Photo: Padhuskitchen

Ingredients

1 cup Cauliflower florets-

1 cup Mixed Vegetables-

(Beans, potato, carrots, capsicum-

2 tablespoons Butter-

2 tablespoons Cashew nuts-

2 tablespoons Khus Khus-

1 Onion- big

1 teaspoon Ginger garlic paste-

3 Green chilies (minced)-

1 tablespoon Curd- (should not be sour)

1 tablespoon Fresh cream-

8 Pineapple – small pieces

50 grams Paneer/ Indian cottage cheese- (cubed)

12 Raisins-

Salt to taste

For the seasoning

1 teaspoon Jeera/cumin seeds-

Whole garam masala- (Bay leaf- 1, cardamom- 2, cloves- 2

For garnishing

5 Almonds-

6 Cashewnuts-

Preparation

Soak cashew nuts and khus khus in boiling water.

Blanch onions .(peel the skin and put it in boiling water for 5 minutes, then remove it )

After it cools grind cashew nut + khus khus + onions and keep it aside.

Wash and put cauliflowers in boiling water for 5-6 minutes and keep it aside.

Boil all the vegetables till soft but not mushy .It should be cooked but firm. Add capsicum and cauliflower at the end as they need very less time to get cooked.

Shallow fry paneer and keep it aside .

Fry cashew nuts and raisins separately in butter and keep it aside for garnishing.

Blanch, split and sliver almonds

Method

Heat butter in a pan, add cumin seeds and whole garam masala.

Then add ginger garlic paste and green chilies. Saute for a few minutes .Then add the cashew nut paste. Cook till oil separates.

Then add beaten curd, all the vegetables, a cup of water, needed salt, simmer and cook till it becomes thick.

Now add the pine apple pieces, fried paneer and raisins. Remove from flame.

Add cream and garnish with cashew nuts and almonds.

Navratan kurma is ready to be served with naan, roti or parathas. Serve it hot.

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About

Navratan Korma is a delicious and a very popular Mughlai dish.
Navratan means nine gems. As 9 different ingredients which includes fruits, vegetables, nuts and paneer are used to prepare this kurma, it gets the name Navratan korma.Navratan Kurma is less spicy and has a slight sweet taste because of the fruits and nuts used .