Kurma

Ingredients :

• Mix vegetables - 1 cup
•  [ carrot, beans, green peas, cauli flower and potato ]
• Roasted gram [ pottu kadalai ] - 1 tabsp
• Tomato - 1 [ chopped ]
• Grated coconut - 3/4 cup
• Poppy seeds - 1 tsp
• Cashew nuts - 5 to 6
• Fennel  seeds - 1 tsp [ sombu ]
• Bay leaf - 2
• Clove, star anise, cinnamon, cardamom - each 1
• Onion - 1 [ chopped ]
• Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
• Oil - 2 tabsp.

Method :

Boil the vegetables adding salt and turmeric. Then in mixer  grind  cashew, poppy seeds, fennel seeds, to a fine paste. Then take one kadai,  add  bay  leaf  and other whole garam masala. Fry for a second,  add chopped  onion , ginger  garlic  paste  and  chopped  tomato.  Mix well,  then  add ground  paste  along  with dry  masalas.  Cook  well  till  raw  smell  goes. Then  add  boiled vegetables along  with  water  if  required. Allow to boil for 5 minutes more.  Your tasty kurma is ready.  Serve  with  roti  or puri.