A Special Occasion and a special Dish - Navratan Korma

Time flies! Today, its 2 years since I got married. For this special occassion, I prepared my hubby's favourite- Navratan Korma. This delicious Mughlai dish gets its name from the diffrent veggies, fruits and nuts used in it ( I may have used more than nine). This prepartion varies from person to person. We like it in a rich white korma sauce. Here is the recipe, but before that..

Thats for my dear hubby..

Now coming back to the recipe of today post..

Navratan Korma:



Serves 3-4:

You will need:

2 small potatoes.

10-12 cubes of paneer.

2 tbsp chopped green pepper.

2 tbsp green beans, chopped

¼ cup cauliflower florets cut.

1 small carrot chopped.

1 green chilli chopped.

½ tsp grated ginger.

2 tbsp ghee.

1 tsp cumin seeds.

2 cloves.

1 inch cinnamon stick.

2 cardamom pods.

1 small white onion chopped finely.

¼ cup + 10-12 split cashew.

2 tbsp raisins.

¼ cup fresh cream.

½ cup milk.

10-12 cubes pieces of pineapple.

8-10 grapes, halved.

Few glazed cherries to garnish.

Salt to taste.

1 tbsp sugar.

1 tsp white pepper powder.

1 tsp garam masala.



Process:



Boil potatoes, carrots, cauliflower, green beans separately till they are 80% done. Drain off the water. Dice the potatoes and keep aside.

Boil the chopped onion and make a paste. Boil the cashew with half of the milk and make a paste. Heat a pan and add ghee. When heated add cumin seeds such that they crack right away. Add the grated ginger, chopped chillies, crushed cardamom pods and cloves and cinnamon stick. Sauté for a few seconds. Now add rest of the cashew splits, paneer cubes and raisins. Sauté them for 2-3 minutes. Add the onion paste. Heat them till the onion is properly cooked and gives out a nice aroma. Add the cashew paste and heat for another 2 minutes. Add sugar, salt, white pepper, rest of milk and fresh cream. Stir in well. Add the chopped green bell pepper. Now add the boiled vegetables (carrots, beans, cauliflower and potatoes) and cook on a slow flame for 3-4 minutes.

Add garam masala and cook for 2 minutes. Add the pineapples and grapes in the end and mix well. Transfer into a serving bowl and decorate with glazed cherries.

Serve hot with naan. It goes well even with Jeera Rice.

Sending this to Priya's CWS- Cardamom Seeds.

Enjoy!