How to make Vegetable kurma:
Kurma is South Indian word to the curry which is thick in density and usually prepared to eat along with dosa/idli and chapati. I have tried this style of kurma and this came out very well.
Ingredients:
Toor Dal- 1/2 cup(optional)
lablab dal- 2 spoon(optional)
Beans-1 cup
Carrot- 1/2 cup
Patato-2
Brinjal-2
peas-1/2 cup
(you can use veggies of your choice here and finely chop the vegetables)
For frying:
Onion- 1 small size
Tomato-1
Green chilli- 2 or 3
Ginger garlic paste- 1spoon
Sambar powder- 2 spoons(i have used home made sambar powder here)
For masala to grind:
1 Onion
2 small tomatoes
2 green chilli
Coconut-2 tbl spoons (if you want thickness in curry )
Coriander leaves
Method:
1. Grind the masala with the items mentioned above
2. Finely chop all the veggies and keep
3. Wash dal and add it to pressure cooker along with chopped veggies(optional). add double the water to it.
4. Cook in pressure cooker till 3 whistles and keep aside.
5. take a vessel and heat it.
6. Add mustard seeds, curry leaves and allow it pop.
7. Add oil and allow it to heat
8. Add 1 chopped onion, ginger garlic paste and fry
9.Add grounded masala and sambar powder(I have used home made sambar powder here. this will be commonly prepared and kept in all south Indians houses. if you donot have this handy, you can replace this with ready sambar powders, /or use the 1 spoon garam masala powder+ 1 spoon coriander powder+ 1/2 spoon chilli powder combination)
10. Fry till the raw smell goes
11. Add cooked dal and veggies(i have added toor dal to just get thick consistency in curry. and this is just optional). add salt and allow it to cook for some 10 minutes.
once that starts leaving oil at end of the vessel, its done.
Serve this along with chapati's, roti, dosa or rice.
