Navratan Korma – How to make Navratna Korma

I took this navratan korma recipe from Indian Culinary expert – Mallika badrinath’s “100 Vegetarian gravies/Kurmas” book. First time , I did a recipe with paneer. It came out very well.I was very happy ,everybody ate well in my home 🙂

Navratan korma

Ingredients

  • Paneer – 100 gms

To cook:

  • Finely chopped Vegetables (Carrot,beans,potato,peas,cauliflower) – 2 cups

To grind:

  • Tomato – 3 (Big sized)

To saute:

  • Oil – 1 tbsp
  • Big onion – 2 nos
  • Ginger-garlic paste – 1.5 tsp
  • Coriander seeds powder / Dhania pwd – 2 tsp
  • Red chilly powder – 1.5 tsp
  • Garam masala powder – 1.5 tsp
  • Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp

To add finally:

  • Fresh cream – 2 tbsp
  • Milk – 1 cup
  • Ghee /Butter – 3 tbsp
  • Salt – to taste

To decorate:

  • Chopped Pine apple pieces,apple pieces – Few
  • Cashewnuts,dry grapes,tutty –fruity – 1/2 cup
  • Chopped Coriander leaves

Method of preparation:

  • Cut the paneer into small cubes and fry in oil for 1-2 minutes by flipping it over.Make sure the color of paneer doesn’t change to golden brown/red.
  • Immerse the fried paneer in hot water for 5-10 mins and take it out.Keep it apart.
  • Pressure cook all the finely chopped vegetables.
  • Peel the skin of onions and grate it.Keep aside.
  • **Blanch the tomatoes and grind it to a smooth paste.Set aside.
  • Heat a wok/pan with 1 tbsp of oil and add the ginger-garlic paste to it.Fry for a minute.
  • Now add the onions and fry till turns golden brown.
  • Add the tomato puree ,turmeric powder,chilly pwd,dhania pwd,garam masala pwd and salt.
  • Fry till the oil leaves separates.
  • Add the boiled veggies and fry for a min.Add little water and boil for sometime.
  • Then add the fresh cream ,milk and boil for a minute.
  • Finally add the fried paneer, fruits ,nuts and remove from the fire immediately.
  • Garnish with chopped coriander leaves !!

Note : While serving ,u can keep chopped onions and lemon on the plate
**Blanch:Boil water and add the tomato into it.Close it for 5-10 mins .The skin of tomato gets cracked.Now remove the skin and grind it to make a puree.
Tastes great with Roti/Chappati,Naan etc…Thumbs-up

Chappathi with kurma

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39 thoughts on “Navratan Korma – How to make Navratna Korma”

  8. Tangled Noodle

    This looks wonderful! I’m excited because I have all the ingredients except paneer – once I get my hands on some, I want to try this!

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  12. Chitra

    Thanku adlak,poornima and daily meals:)
    Thanks noodles,Do try this and leave me a note..
    Thanku raji,dershana and premy:)

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  18. Priya Suresh

    Navratna kurma looks delicious, i want to pick few paneer pieces from the pic itself, drooling here…congrats on ur award dear CHitra:)

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  19. Vikis Kitchen

    Navarathna kuruma is a very rich dish and I am also planning to make it for a weekend. Useful recipe.Your kuruma looks so great.

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  20. Deepa Hari

    Congrats on your awards…I love paneer….Kurma looks absolutely delicious and mouthwathering Chitra…….Nice click….You have a beautiful blog.

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  21. Dhanya Ganesh

    Hey Chitra,
    First of all i liked the name of your blog. The Navaratna kurma looks yummy. I also have Malika Bhadrinath’s book but haven’t tried any recipes yet. I wil ltry this recipe for sure. Also thank you for stopping by my blog anf for the lovely comment.

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  30. Madhu's cooking gallery

    Kurma looks super yumm!! great combination with chapathi right!..

    thanks for stopping by.. you have a great space here too.. lot of mouthwatering recipes. I specially like your detailed write up and the kitchen clinic.. really useful one! too good!

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  34. gtyuk

    navaratna looks as much good as the nine gems! looks delicious, would love it with some parottas! yummy! panner cubes look so lovely.

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