Recipe: Perfect Mughalai Veg Navratna Korma

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Recipe: Perfect Mughalai Veg Navratna Korma Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Mughalai Veg Navratna Korma. Mughlai Vegetable korma- Mix vegetables cooked in a mild and fragrant creamy sauce. Mughlai Vegetable Korma- famous Mughlai cuisine is developed in the royal kitchens of Mughal Emperors of Indian sub continent. Navratan means nine gems, includes mix vegetables, paneer, raisins and cashew nuts, those are cooked in mild and little sweet, creamy gravy.

Navratan means nine jewels and this korma is typically made with nine main ingredients.

Navratan Korma is a rich, creamy, and flavorful dish that literally translates to nine-gem curry.

The "gems" are the fruits, vegetables, and nuts that make up the curry.

You can cook Mughalai Veg Navratna Korma using 34 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Mughalai Veg Navratna Korma

You need 2 tbsp of pour ghee.
You need 1/2 tsp of cumin seeds.
It’s 2 of cardamoms.
You need 2 of cloves.
It’s 1 of cinnamon stick.
You need 1 of bay leaf.
You need 1/2 tsp of ginger paste.
It’s 1/2 tsp of garlic paste.
Prepare 2 of medium onions.
Prepare 10-12 of cashews.
It’s 1/2 tsp of red chilli powder.
Prepare 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder.
Prepare 1/4 tsp of garam masala.
It’s 1/2 tsp of cumin powder.
It’s 1/2 tsp of coriander powder.
You need 1/2 cup of blanched tomato chopped.
Prepare 2 of green chilli.
Prepare . 1/2 cup of green peas.
Prepare 1/2 cup of carrots.
Prepare 1/2 cup of cauliflower.
It’s 1/2 cup of beans.
Prepare 2medium size of potato cut in chunks.
It’s 1/2 cup of paneer cubes.
You need 5-6 of Cashew nuts chopped.
It’s 5-6 of Almonds chopped.
It’s 12-15 of raisins.
You need 2 tbsp of fresh cream.
You need 2 pieces of canned pineapple chunks.
You need as per taste of Salt.
It’s as required of For Garnish : Some cherries.
You need 2 tbsp of Chopped grapes.
You need as needed of Few chopped chunks of pineapple.
Prepare 1 tbsp of fresh cream.
You need 2 tbsp of Fresh corriender.

Vegetable korma was created in imperial kitchens and served to kings, queens, and other royals during the Mughal era in India.

My today's pick is a very popular dish amongst North Indians.

This exotic Mughalai cuisine inspired preparation is known as 'Navaratan Korma/Khurma/kurma'. 'Navaratan' means nine jewels and 'Korma/Khurma/kurma' means a silky buttery sauce which is very smooth in texture.

Here is the recipe of it.

Mughalai Veg Navratna Korma instructions

Blanch onions and cashews. Let it Cool them, now make paste of it.
Steam the all veggies on steamer until half done. Do not over cook and break the picese.
Fry cumin, bay leaf, cardamom and cloves in hot oil for a min, Add the ginger garlic paste and saute for 1 or 2 minutes or raw smell gone.
Now add green chopped chilli, blanched tomato and saute, now add onion and cashew paste and again saute for 2 minutes.
Add chilli,cumin, corriender powder, garam masala and salt, mix well, Now saute till oil separate from the mixture and released the vessels sides.
Add steamed veggies and cook for 2 mins. Boil 1 cup water and add to make some gravy.
Add cream and saute for 1 minutes.
Now add fried paneer, nuts and pineapple chunks.
Cover and cook just for a 30 seconds.
Now Mughalai Navratan Korma is ready to serve.
Serve hot with paratha or chappati.
Garnish with coriander, chopped grapes, pineapple chunks, cherry and raisins. Pour some fresh cream over the top at time to serve..

Nine main ingredients plays a major part in this dish.

Choice of vegetables, nuts and paneer cooked in creamy rich coconut yogurt gravy called Navarathna kurma.

Typically a north Indian gravy, with mughalai origin often served as a side for chapati or parathas.

Quite a lot of ingredients and a lengthy procedure, just have everything ready and proceed with the preparation.

You'll find it in a restaurant menu in London, in a wedding feast in Chennai, or a weekend dinner in New Delhi.