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Navratna Korma

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Introduction

Tasty, yummy, rich Indian dish.

Ingredients

Serves: 6

For the Navratna Korma

  • 2 cups boiled peas
  • 1 large chopped and boiled carrot
  • ½ cup tomato sauce
  • ¼ cup curd
  • ¼ cup cream
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 1 small sweet lime
  • 1 small apple
  • 1 banana
  • 2 slices pineapples
  • 15 cashew nuts
  • 20 raisins
  • 2 candied cherries (for decoration)
  • 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
  • 1 tablespoon ghee (clarified butter)
  • salt

For the Dry Masala

  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 2 teaspoons poppy seeds
  • 1 teaspoon cardamom

For the Wet Masala

  • 1 large onion
  • ¼ cup shredded coconut
  • 3 green chiles

Method

Navratna Korma is a community recipe submitted by gcharu and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

  • Grind the dry and wet masalas separately.
  • Chop all the fruit fine.
  • Heat ghee and fry cashews, drain and keep aside.
  • Add butter to ghee and heat, add the wet masala and fry for 2 minutes.
  • Add the dry masala and salt and fry 2 more minutes.
  • Add the carrots and peas, mix together curd and cream and add to gravy.
  • Allow to thicken a bit, add fruit, cashews and raisins and boil till the gravy is thick and the fat separates.
  • Garnish with grated cheese ,coriander and chopped cherries.
  • Serve hot with naan, roti or paratha.
  • Tell us what you think