Veg kurma recipe
Discover how to make Veg kurma or mixed vegetable kurma with a detailed recipe guide accompanied by step-by-step pictures. This delectable dish features a hotel-style mixed vegetable kurma or curry. It is not only incredibly tasty but also easy to prepare. This kurma is commonly served as a flavorful accompaniment with chapathi, dosa, or poori. The vegetable kurma bears a resemblance to Karnataka-style veg sagu, with a slight variation. Similar to sagu, this vegetable kurma offers a gentle and delicate flavor profile.
Ingredients
- 1 small carrot
- 1 medium sized potato
- 8-10 beans
- 1 small kohlrabi or navilkosu or knol khol
- Few cauliflower florets (optional)
- 1/4 cup soaked or fresh green peas
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/2 – 1 tsp red chili powder
- 2 tsp coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp cumin powder
- Salt as per your taste
Ingredients for tempering: (measuring cup used = 240ml)
- 4 tsp cooking oil
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 bay leaf
- 4 – 5 curry leaves
- 1 big onion
- 1 tomato
Ingredients for grinding:
- 1/4 cup grated coconut
- 2 tsp roasted gram or hurigadale
- 1cm length ginger
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp fennel seeds
- 1 tsp poppy seeds or gasagase
- 4 – 5 cashews
- 1/2 finger length cinnamon
- 3-4 cloves
- 1 cardamom
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves
- 2 tbsp mint or pudina leaves
Instructions
- Chop all the vegetables. You can take any vegetable of your choice.
- Transfer all chopped vegetables into a pressure cooker. Add in salt and a pinch of turmeric and cook by making 2 whistles. Please note you should not add onion and tomato.
- Take all the ingredients listed under "for grinding" as per the measurement.
- Transfer all the above ingredients into a mixe jar or blender. And make a fine paste using required water. Set it aside.
- Take 4 tsp of oil in a wok or frying pan and heat it. Now prepare tempering using mustard seeds, cumin seeds, bay leaf and curry leaves.
- Add in chopped onions and fry until soft.
- Add in chopped tomatoes and fry until soft.
- Add in ground spices or masala from step 4 and give a quick stir.
- Add in dry masala powders like red chili powder, coriander powder, cumin powder and turmeric powder. Give a quick mix.
- Next add in cooked vegetables from step 2.
- Add in required water, salt and mix well. Bring it to boil and continue boiling for 5 minutes. Serve it with dosa or poori or chapathi.
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