Mixed Vegetable Kurma

Vegetable kurma is a South Indian dish using a combination of vegetables. This is a recent hit in our home. The kurma can be paired with chapathi, poori, appam , idiyappam etc.

Ingredients

• 1 large onion finely chopped
• 1 cup cauliflower florets
• 1 cup mixed vegetables (carrot, potato, beans)
• 0.3 cup fresh / frozen green peas
• Salt to taste
• 0.5 cup water

Spice powders

• 0.25 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp coriander powder

Ingredients to be ground to paste

Paste 1 

• 1 medium onion finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves finely chopped
• 1 inch ginger finely chopped
• 2 green chilli finely chopped
• 1 tsp coriander seeds

Paste 2

• 0.3 cup fresh/frozen grated coconut
• 1 tsp bhuna chana (Roasted Bengal gram / Hurigadale)

Seasoning Ingredients

• 1 inch cinnamon
• 1 cardamom
• 2 cloves

Garnishing Ingredients

• 2 tsp coriander leaves finely chopped

Preparation

1.  Boil water. Once the water starts boiling, add cauliflower florets and a pinch of salt. Cook till soft and keep aside.
2.  Cook beans, carrots, potato and green peas with a pinch of salt till soft.
3.  Heat a tsp of oil. Fry the ingredients for Paste 1. Allow it to cool and grind it to a paste.
4.  Grind the ingredients for Paste 2 with little water and keep aside.

Method

1.  Heat oil. Add all the seaoning ingredients and saute for a minute.
2.  Add finely chopped onion and saute till the onions turn translucent.
3.  Add Paste 1 and saute for a minute.
4.  Add all the cooked vegetables and mix well.
5.  Add all the spice powders and salt to taste. Saute for a minute.
6.  Add Paste 2 and water. Cook for 5 minutes till all the ingredients blend well.
7.  Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with chapathi.

Notes

1.  I used chayote too along with other vegetables. It tastes very good.