KURMA PURI

This mix vegetable kurma recipe has some prepping work to be done and once you have everything ready, then you need to saute some ingredients and pressure cook. Pressure cooking saves time. So I use a pressure cooker often. Though you can make the kurma in a pan too. Just add water as required.

Serve hotel style vegetable kurma with chapatis, pooris or neer dosa or poha dosa or set dosa. Even plain soft dosa goes very well with veg kurma. You can also serve it with steamed rice or appam or lachedar paratha or Kerala paratha.

HOW TO MAKE VEGETABLE KURMA
1. Soak 12 to 15 cashews in hot water for 20 to 30 minutes. Later drain and keep aside.

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2. Rinse and soak 1 to 1.25 cups mediums sized cauliflower florets in hot water for 15 to 20 minutes. This step is optional and only to get rid of any insects or worms in the cauliflower. After blanching the cauliflower, drain them and keep aside.

gobi for vegetable kurma recipe
3. Rinse, peel and chop the rest of the veggies – 1 medium potato, 7 to 8 french beans and 1 medium carrot. Also chop 1 medium sized onion finely and 1 medium sized tomato. Keep the chopped veggies aside.

vegetables for vegetable kurma recipe
MAKING PASTE FOR VEG KURMA
4. These are some of the spices and ingredients that will be ground to a paste for the kurma –

5 tbsp desiccated coconut or fresh coconut
2 tsp poppy seeds (optional) (khus khus)
½ tbsp roasted chana dal
½ tbsp coriander seeds
1 tsp fennel seeds (saunf)
½ tsp cumin seeds
3 cloves + 2 green cardamoms + 4 to 5 black peppercorns
1 marathi moggu (optional) + small tiny piece of stone flower (optional)
spices for vegetable kurma recipe
5. Take all the above ingredients in a wet grinder jar.

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6. Add the cashews, 2 green chilies (chopped), 3 to 4 medium sized garlic (chopped) and ¾ inch ginger (chopped).

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7. Add ½ cup water and grind to a smooth fine paste. Keep aside.

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MAKING VEG KURMA
8. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a 2-litre pressure cooker. Add the chopped onions.

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9. Stir and saute till the onions turn translucent or a light brown. Add 7 to 8 curry leaves and stir.

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10. Next add the chopped tomatoes.

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11. Then add ¼ tsp turmeric powder and ½ tsp red chili powder. stir well and saute for 2 to 3 minutes on a low flame.

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12. Add the ground paste.

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13. Stir and mix.

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14. Saute stirring often for 4 to 5 minutes on a low to medium flame.

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15. Then add 2 tablespoons fresh curd (yogurt). If you want, you can skip yogurt too.

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16. Mix the curd very well with the rest of the masala.

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17. Add the chopped mix veggies.

veggies for vegetable kurma recipe
18. Mix the veggies with the rest of the masala and saute for 1 to 2 minutes.

veggies for vegetable kurma recipe
19. Then add 1.25 cups water. For slightly thin gravy you can add 1.5 cups water. If cooking in a pan, then add 1.5 to 2 cups of water.

water to make vegetable kurma recipe
20. Stir well.

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21. Add salt as per taste.

salt for making veg kurma recipe
PRESSURE COOKING VEG KURMA
22. Pressure cook for 2 to 3 whistles or for 9 to 10 minutes.

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23. When the pressure settles down on its own, open the lid. If you find the gravy to be thin, then you can simmer for some more minutes. If the gravy looks thick, then add some water and simmer for a few more minutes. The consistency of veg kurma should be medium – neither thin nor thick.

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24. Add 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves. Stir.

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25. Serve veg kurma with pooris or chapatis or appam or plain paratha.