Mutton Korma

Ingredients for Curry

1/3 cup chopped French Beans
1/2 cup Green Peas (fresh or frozen)
1/2 cup diced Carrot
1/2 cup diced Cauliflower
1/2 cup peeled and diced Potato
1 small piece of Bay Leaf
1 teaspoon Ginger-Garlic Paste
1 large Onion, finely chopped (approx. 1/2 cup)
1 Tomato, finely chopped (approx. 1/3 cup)
1/2 cup beaten Curd (plain yogurt)
1/2 teaspoon Red Chili Powder
1 teaspoon Cumin-Coriander Powder
1/4 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
2 tablespoons Oil

Ingredients for Paste

2 teaspoons Poppy Seeds (khus khus)
1/4 cup Cashew nuts or Blanched Almonds
1/4 cup grated fresh Coconut (or desiccated)
1 Green Chilli, chopped
1 Green Cardamom
1 Clove
1-inch piece of Cinnamon
3-4 Black Peppercorns

Method for Paste

1. Soak poppy seeds in 1-tablespoon hot water and cashew nuts in 1/4 cup hot water for 15-minutes.

2.Drain excess water from cashew nuts and add to the small chutney jar of a grinder. Add soaked poppy seeds along with water.

3. Grind them until medium coarse texture. If required, add 1-2 tablespoons water. Add coconut, green chilli, cardamom, clove, cinnamon and black peppercorns.

4. Grind to a smooth paste. If required, add 1-2 tablespoons water and grind again.

Method for Gravy

1. Wash and cut all vegetables (French beans, green peas, carrot, potato, cauliflower) into small pieces.

2. Boil 1-2 cups water in a saucepan over medium flame. Add diced potato and salt and boil it for 5-minutes.  Add diced carrot, French beans, green peas and cauliflower and boil until all veggies are tender but little crunchy, it will take around 5-minutes. Turn off flame and drain excess water, keep boiled water for later use in the recipe.

3. Heat 2-tablespoons oil in a pan over medium flame. Add bay leaf and chopped onion. Sauté until onion turns translucent. Add ginger-garlic paste.

4. Sauté for 2-minutes. Add chopped tomato.

5. Cook until tomatoes turn soft. Add prepared paste.

6. Stir and cook for 2-minutes. Stir continuously to prevent sticking.

7. Add beaten curd, red chili powder, cumin-coriander powder and turmeric powder.

8. Mix well and cook for 5-6 minutes.

9. Add boiled veggies and 3/4 cup water (use water drained from boiled vegetables). Taste the gravy for the salt and add it if required.

10. Mix well and cook until gravy turns thick, it will take around 7-8 minutes. Stir in between occasionally to prevent sticking.

11. Turn off the flame and transfer Veg Kurma Curry to serving bowl.