April 02, 2008

Parotta&Navratna kurma









INGREDIENTS:
3 tablespoons vegetable oil or unsalted butter
1/4 cup cashews
1/4 cup raisins
1 Big onion (finely chopped)
1/2 cup chopped carrot
1/4 cup chopped tomato
1/2 cup chopped fresh green beans
1/2 cup green peas
1 cup chopped potatoes
1/4 cup lima beans
1/4 cup corn
4 ounces paneer, cubed
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
2 teaspoons ground coriander
1 teaspoon garam masala
salt to taste








1.Heat 1 tablespoon butter in a pan over medium heat. Place cashews in the pan, cook and stir until golden brown, and set aside.
2.Heat oil in a separate kadai over medium-high heat, and cook the paneer on both sides, until golden brown. Drain on paper towels. Place in a bowl with enough hot water to cover for about 2 minutes to soften,and set aside.
3.Stir onion into the skillet, and cook until tender.
4.Mix in garlic paste and ginger paste, and cook 1 minute.
5.Add finely chopped tomatos and cook untill tender.
6.Add turmeric powder, coriander, and garam masala and fry it 4 2-3 min,stir in tomato sauce
7.Stir milk and cream into it.
8.Pour in required amount of water, and mix in raisins, carrots, beans,corn,lima beans and potatoes.
9.Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, and simmer 20 minutes, until potatoes are tender. 10.Then add paneer and cashews with the vegetables.
11.Bring to a boil, and continue cooking 2 to 3 minutes.Finally add the peas and cook for 2 min. Season with salt to taste.
12.You can eat this with parotta,naan and chappathi.

2 comments:

francesca said...

It looks good, I love indian specialities I will try this recipe.thanks for sharing

Anitha said...

Hi francesca,
Thank u for ur comment..I love italian food..I visit italian restaurents often especially olive garden here in US.I tried ur mint flavored raw sugar and it came out well.I made lemon juice using that sugar and it was awsome..Thanks for sharing..