Recipe: Perfect Navratan korma

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Navratan korma. There is another vegetable korma recipe that I use at home which I really like but it's not quite perfect. So when I saw this one I was very excited! Unfortunately my husband and I were disappointed.

It makes a great side dish to include for parties or when we have guests home.

It has a unique blend of many flavors, taste and texture.

This is an Indian vegetable korma with nuts, paneer cheese, and an adjustable list of vegetables.

You can cook Navratan korma using 24 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Navratan korma

It’s 2 of medium carrots cut into 1/2 inch cubes.
Prepare 2 of medium potatoes cut into 1/2 inch cubes.
You need 8-10 of cauliflower florets.
It’s 7-8 of beans cut into 1/2 inch pieces.
You need 1/2 cup of peas.
Prepare 10 of button mushrooms halved.
It’s 1 cup of cashew nuts(keep aside 5-6 pieces).
It’s 40 gram of lotus seeds.
You need 4-5 of cloves.
You need 4-5 of Black pepper corns.
Prepare 1 of cinnamon stick.
Prepare 4-5 of Green cardamom.
It’s 4 of onions roughly diced.
It’s 1 tbsp of Garlic paste.
You need 1 tbsp of ginger paste.
You need 1 tbsp of green chilli paste.
It’s 1/2 cup of yoghurt.
It’s 2-3 of Green chillies chopped.
Prepare 150 gm of paneer cut into cubes.
It’s 1/2 cup of Fresh cream.
You need 1 tbsp of raisins.
Prepare as needed of Oil/ ghee for frying.
Prepare to taste of Salt.
It’s 1 tsp of sugar.

It is in a tomato-cream sauce as opposed to the usual yogurt based sauce. 'Navratan' means 'nine gems,' so choose nine of the vegetable, nuts, and paneer ingredients; you can leave out the elements you don't.

Navratan korma is an easy recipe because after you are done with making the paste.

Then all you have to do is brown the onions with whole garam masala, add the paste, curd, veggies and let the korma simmer till the veggies are cooked.

This Restaurant Style Navratan Korma (Vegetable korma) recipe is a mildly spiced, slightly sweet, creamy based delicious Indian Mughlai curry and gets its name Navratan (meaning nine gems) from the nine different veggies, fruit and nuts used in it.

Navratan korma step by step

Boil onions and cashews,strain, cool and puree.Boil carrots, cauliflower, french beans, potatoes, green peas in boiling salted water till done. just 1 min before straining, add mushrooms.strain..
Heat ghee or oil and fry lotus seeds (makhana).keep aside.fry paneer cubes. Keep aside. Fry raisins and cashews and store separately..
In 2- 3 tbsp ghee, add cloves,pepper corns, cinnamon, cardamom. When they begin to crackle, add ginger-garlic-chilli paste and cook for 2 min. Add onion-cashew paste and cook for 7-10 min.add chopped chillies and yoghurt.Cook for 2 min. Add boiled vegetables, salt, sugar and 2 glasses of water.stir and cook for 3 min..
Add fried makhana and paneer. bring to a boil and finish with fresh cream..
Garnish with fried raisins and cashews. Serve..

Navratan Korma is a delicious mixed vegetable curry dish loaded with veggies, nuts and fruits.

This recipe for Instant Pot Navratan Korma provides Step By Step recipe along with video instructions to create an awesome curry that is loaded with layers of flavors in a creamy curry your family will love.

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.

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