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.