Navaratan Korma

 

Ingredients:

1. 2 cups peas boiled
2. 1 large carrot chopped and boiled
3. 1/2 cup tomato sauce
4. 1/4 cup curd
5. 1/4 cup malai(cream)
6. 3 tbsp. butter
7. 1 small sweet lime
8. 1 small apple
9. 1 banana
10. 2 slices pineapple
11. 10-15 cashewnuts
12. 20 raisins
13. 2 glaced cherries for decoration
14. 1 tbsp. coriander chopped
15. 1 tbsp. ghee
16. salt to taste

 

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

Method:

1. Grind the masala with above ingredients.
2. Chop all the fruit fine.
3. Heat ghee and fry 7-8 cashews and raisins, drain and keep aside.
4. Add butter to ghee and heat, add the masala and fry for 2 minutes. 
5. Add the carrots and peas, mix together curd ,cream , tomato sauce and add to gravy.
6. Allow to thicken a bit, add chopped fruits, cashews and raisins and boil till the gravy is thick and the fat separates.
7. Garnish with coriander and chopped cherries.
8. Serve hot with Chapati/naan/roti or paratha.

Spring Onion Dosa

Ingredients:
Sona masuri rice – 1 cup
Tamarind paste – 2 tsp
Grated coconut – 1/2 cup
Dhaniya/coriander seeds - 1/2 tsp
Red chilli - 4-5 nos
Spring onions/ Green onions - 2 bunch
Jagery
Termeric
salt

Method:
1)Soak rice for 3-4 hrs
2)Grind rice with above ingredients except spring onions
3)Add required amount of water to the batter( consistency of batter should be thinner than other dosa batter)and keep batter aside for about 1 hr
4)Add finely chopped spring onions to the batter and spread it on tawa
5)Serve hot with butter and chutney

Sweet Pongal

Ingredients:

Jagery – ½ cup
Sugar - 3 tsp
Ghee - ½ cup
Rice – 1 cup
Moong Dal – 1/2 cup
Cashews – 5 pcs
Raisins – 5 pcs
Cardamom for taste

Method:

1. Dry roast dal and cook rice and dal separately
2. In a frying pan, heat ghee and fry cashews, raisins
3. Strain the cashews and raisins and set aside
4. To the same pan add jagery, little water and sugar to it.
3. Once jagery mealts, add cooked dal and allow it to boil for 5 mins( stir occasionally so that dal will
    not stick to the container)
4. Now add cooked rice and boil for 5-10 mins
5. Switch off stove, add cardamom powder, cashews and raisins and mix well