Navratan Korma

Ingredients:

• 2 cups peas boiled
• 1 large carrot chopped and boiled
• 1/2 cup tomato sauce
• 1/4 cup curd
• 1/4 cup malai(cream)
• 3 tbsp. butter
• 1 small sweet lime
• 1 small apple
• 1 banana
• 2 slices pineapple
• 10-15 cashewnuts
• 20 raisins
• 2 glaced cherries for decoration
• 1 tbsp. coriander chopped
• 1 tbsp. ghee
• salt to taste

Dry Masala:

• 1 tsp. cuminseeds
• 2 tsp. khuskhus (poppyseeds)
• 1 tsp. cardamoms
• Wet Masala:
• 1 large onion
• 1/4 cup coconut shredded
• 3 green chillies

Method:

• 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.

Making time: 45 minutes
Makes for: 6
Shelf life: Best fresh