Navratan Korma

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

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
Spicy
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Ingredients

Method