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Sunday, March 18, 2012

Potato Green peas Kurma

Kurma is a dish that goes well with a pulav or chapatis. Below is one of the recipe for potato kurma. You can add or replace the vegetables from this dish into any other you like as well. But it is the base common recipe.

Ingredients:
Boiled potatoes - 2 boiled and diced
Green peas - 1/4 cup boiled
Carrots - 1/4 cup dices and boiled
Poppy seeds - 1/4 cup
Yogurt - 1/2 cup
Dry coconut powder - 1/4 cup
Cashews - 1/4 cup
Onions - 1/2 cup chopped
Green chilli's - 5 slit long
Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Cilantro / Coriander leaves - 1/2 bunch chopped
Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
Red Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp (adjust)
Salt - as needed
Oil - 5 tbsps
Water - 1/2 cup

Cooking Method: 

Dry roast poppy seeds, dry coconut and cashews individually and grind them together by adding water to it into very fine paste.
Heat oil in a pan. Add onions, green chilli's, ginger garlic paste, turmeric all together and fry it for few minutes.




Now add salt, red chilli powder to it and mix it well. Let it cook for few minutes.




Now add masala paste to it and fry it until the oil oozes out of it.




Add yogurt  to it and mix it well. Let it cook again until oil oozes out. 




Add boiled potatoes, peas, carrots, coriander powder, garam masala to it. Close the lid and let it cook for few more minutes on medium heat. Its ready to be served.






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