Navaratan Kurma

Navaratan Kurma is a thick gravy of vegetables, fruit and whole masala mix and is one of the most liked and favoured dishes in Northern part of India..

Navaratan Kurma gets its name from the use of Nine main ingredients in preperation of this dish. 9 ingredients used in making this dish are Potato, Beans, Carrot, Cauliflower, Cashews, Raisins, Paneer, Grapes and Pineapple.

Preperation Time: 30-40 min

Ingredients:
Potatoes - 1 cup
Carrot - 1 cup
Beans - 1 cup
Cauliflower - 1 cup
Cashews - 1/2 cup
Raisins - 1/4 cup
Red Grapes - 1/2 cup
Pineapple chunks - 1/2 cup
Fried Paneer - 1/2 cup
Onion - 1/2 cup
Bay Leaves - 2
Cinnamon Stick - 1
Cloves - 3
Cardamom - 1
Jeera Seeds - 1 tsp
Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Green Chilli - 3
Corinader Leaves - 1/2 cup
Cummin Pwdr - 1 tsp
Coriander Pwdr - 1 tsp
Chopped Nuts - 1/4 cup
Pepper Pwdr - 1/2 tsp
Salt for Taste

Preperation Method:
1) Cut all the vegetables into small cube sizes
2) Boil the vegetables for 15 minutes. Of this, boil potato, carrot and beans together for 10 minutes and then add the cauliflower pieces for the last 5 minutes.
3) Drain the excess water soon after boiling (otherwise vegetables will absorb this excess water). Keep this excess water aside as this can be added later if required for the gravy.
4) Take a small pan and add water, Cashews, onion. Allow it to boil. Grind this to a fine paste.
5) Heat oil in a wok. Add bay leaves, whole garam masala, jeera and allow it to sputter.
6) Add ginger garlic paste to the wok and mix well.
7) Add the ground paste and cook the mix on a low flame.
8) Add green chillies, corinader pwdr, cummin pwdr and saute for a min. Add water to the wok and allow it to boil.
9) Add cooked veggies, fried paneer, red grapes, pineapple, raisins, nuts and salt and mix well. Add pepper pwdr and cook mix for 15 min on low flame.

Serve hot with Chapati/Roti :-