Navratan Korma (Vegetable Korma) - Hare Krishna Recipes

Ingredients

• For the paste: 20 almonds
• 20 cashews
• ¼ cup yellow raisins
• ¼ cup melon seeds
• 1.5 cup of water (for soaking and grinding to a paste)
• For the korma: 3-4 tablespoons oil or ghee
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
• 5 cardamom pods, crushed
• 6 cloves
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 3 bay leaves
• ½ teaspoon hing (asafoetida)
• Tomato puree with 2 tablespoons ginger paste and 2-3 diced green chilies
• ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon coriander powder
• 1.5 teaspoons Kashmiri red chili powder (or substitute paprika)
• 1 teaspoon red chili powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin powder
• ½ cup beaten curd (desi yogurt)
• Mixed vegetables (such as cauliflower, peas, carrots, potatoes), pre-cooked to 80% done
• 2 teaspoons brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon garam masala
• 1 teaspoon powdered kasoori methi
• 4-5 sprigs of fresh chopped coriander leaf