Mixed Vegetable White Kurma.

White Kurma is a tasty and delicious mixed vegetable gravy cooked in ground coconut masala paste and goes well as a side dish with Chapathi, Phulkas, Parathas, Idiyappam, Rice etc.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Mixed Vegetable  White Kurma.

Ingredients:-

Green peas.-1 cup
Potato.        -1medium size
Carrot.        -1medium size
Beans.        -10
Salt.            -to taste.
Corn flour.   -2tsp


For grinding the Coconut Masala Paste:-

Grated Coconut.   -1cup
Green chillies.       -3
Ginger.                   -a small piece
Cashews.              - 8
Poppy seeds.        -3/4tsp
Cinnamon.            - a small stick
Cloves.                  -2
Cardamom pods.  -2
Fennel seeds.       -1tsp

For Seasoning:-

Coconut oil/ oil. -2tsp
Cumin seeds.    -1tsp
Curry leaves.     -1spring
Onion.                -1 medium size


Instructions:-

Wash and soak Green peas in water for 8 hours or overnight and pressure cook for 2 whistles and keep aside.

Peel wash and finely chop the Onion and keep aside.

Remove the skin, wash and chop Carrot and Potato into 1inch lengthy pieces.Trim both the ends,wash and chop Beans into 1inch lengthy pieces.In a vessel boil the chopped Carrot, Beans and Potato pieces adding required water and a pinch of Salt.It shoulbd be half boiled vegetables and do not over cook and keep aside.

In a small bowl add Corn flour and little Water.Mix well and make a slurry without lumps and keep aside the Corn flour mixture.
Remove the outer skin, wash and crush a small Ginger and keep aside.

Soak 8 Cashewnuts in hot water for 15 minutes.Drain the water and keep aside.

Grind grated Coconut along with Poppy seeds, soaked Cashew nuts, Cinnamon, Cloves, Cardamom, Fennel seeds, crushed Ginger and Green chillies adding little Water to a fine paste and keep aside.


Method:-

Heat Coconut oil or Cooking oil in a pan and splutter Cumin seeds. Saute well.

Add Curry leaves.Saute well and fry in oil.

Add finely chopped Onion and a pinch of Salt and mix well.Saute well until the Onion pieces become translucent.

Add the ground Coconut masala paste and mix well and cook for 3 minutes on low flame till the raw smell of the ground Masala paste goes off.

Add the boiled vegetables (Carrot,Potato,Beans and Green peas) and 1cup of water from the vessel Mix well and boil for a minute.

Add the Corn flour mixture from the small bowl and mix well.The gravy becomes thick..Add enough water to make it to the consistency required.Boil for a minute and then switch off the flame.

A tasty and delicious White Kurma is ready to serve hot with Chapathi, Phulkas, Parathas, Roti or Rice.






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