Navratan Korma

Name: Navratan Korma
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: ½ cup (125 grams) boiled-onion paste; 2 green cardamom pods; ½ tablespoon fresh garlic paste; ½ tablespoon fresh ginger paste; 2 whole cloves; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1-inch (2½-cm) cinnamon stick; 2 whole black peppercorns; 1 medium potato, cut into ½-inch (1-cm) cubes; 3 thin long beans, strings removed, cut into ½-inch (1-cm) pieces; ¾ teaspoon table salt; ¼ cup (40 grams) shelled green peas; ¼ cup (40 grams) cashews; 4 cauliflower florets; 1 medium carrot, cut into ½-inch (1-cm) cubes; ½ tablespoon raisins; 15 grams makhana (puffed lotus seeds; optional; see Note), fried in 1 cup vegetable oil until golden; ¼ cup (40 grams) paneer cut into ½-inch (1-cm) cubes; ¼ cup (50 ml) heavy cream; 2 tablespoons plain yogurt; 2 green chiles, stemmed and chopped; 5 white button mushrooms, halved

Spicy mixed vegetables with nuts and paneer

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to Cook Indian

By Sanjeev Kapoor

Published 2011

About

Navratan means “nine jewels.” In this korma there are a few vegetables, a few mushrooms, paneer, and the rarely used makhana (puffed lotus seeds), nine ingredients in all. Artists in the royal courts of the Mughal emperors were called navratan and the emperors’ gorgeous jewelry was made of nine different gleaming gems.

Ingredients

Asia
India
Main course
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Spicy

Ingredients

Method