Sabz Korma

Korma is a beautiful cream, yogurt and cashew nut paste based gravy. It can be either veg or non veg. in non vegetarian, lamb korma is more popular than chicken one.

Ingredients:
200 gm mushrooms
50 gm green peas
50 gm cauliflower (small sized florets)
50 gm diced carrots
2-3 medium sized onions
50 gm soaked cashew nuts
1 cup yogurt
2-3 green chillies
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 bay leaf
1" cinnamon stick
1-2 green cardamoms
1-2 cloves
1 tbsp coriander powder
salt, to taste
5-6 tbsp ghee/olive oil

1. heat 4 tbsp oil in a frying pan, add cumin seeds, cinnamon stick, cardamoms, cloves and bay leaf.
2. add onions after some seconds and saute untill golden brown. remove them from pan.
3. put onions in a food processor, add cashews, yogurt and green chillies. make fine paste of all that.
4. heat 2 tbsp oil in a vessel, add veggies, salt and coriander powder. saute for few seconds and add onion, cashewnut paste. mix well and add some water to dilute the gravy.
5. cover the vessel and simmer untill the veggies are tender.
6. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and serve hot with naan/parathas.

We can also use milk instead of yogurt as yogurt can make it somewhat tangy, so you can use either one to make it taste according to your preference. Also adding some butter or cream will improve the taste alot.