If there is one recipe where I don’t mind eating any vegetable, its Kurma. Amma used to make variations of Kurma recipe and every single one was a favorite at our household. The one with a lot of potatoes and filled with the richness of coconut would be so tasty that I would not mind eating any number of I. And then there was this version with whole lot of vegetables cooked in a paste of coconut, pudina and coriander – which Amma used to make as a side dish for dosa. What heavenly taste! Another one of my favorites is with meal-maker/soya chunks. I used to save up all the soya chunks till the end of the meal – actually I still do 😀 Almost all of my amma’s kurma recipes have coconut or atleast a hint a coconut. Recently, I tried to prepare kurma without coconut and yet, it turned out creamy rich with flavours and it was something that we liked so much. I used all sorts of vegetables I had in my refrigerator and for the creamy consistency, I used fried gram along with a few cashews. I made this kurma to go with the Set Dosa and it was a heavenly combination. I can’t think of any other side dish than this one, for the melt in mouth sweetish set dosas. I would be posting the Set Dosa recipe tomorrow – so stay tuned 😀
To make Vegetable Kurma with No Coconut Serves – 4 Time to prepare – 30mins What I used –
Mixed Vegetables, 2 cups ( I used carrots, beans, potatoes and cauliflower) Onion, 1 large Tomato, 2 medium Garlic Pods, 6-7 Cloves, 2 Green Cardamom, 1 Cinnamon, 1” stick Oil, 2 tsp Fried Gram, 2 tbsp Cashews, 5-6 Green Chilli, 1 Poppy Seeds, 1 tsp Kashmiri Chilli Powder, 1.5 tsp Garam Masala Powder, ½ teaspoon (optional) Turmeric Powder, ½ tsp Salt, as required Coriander Leaves, a few sprigs
How I made –
Note –
Any vegetables can be used as per preference. The rich creamy texture is due to the ground paste that are we are adding. Cashews are optional but they give creaminess to the dish. As the gravy can thicken quite fast, keep the flame on low all the time. The rich bright red color is because of the Kashmiri red chilli powder and it’s a must.
