Ghee Rice Vth Restaurant Style Veg Kurma

 

Ingredients:

For Rice:

Basmati Rice - 3 cups

Onion - 2(thin slices)

Tomato - 1/2 (roughly chop)

Green chilly - 2 (slit)

Ginger garlic paste - 1 1/2 tsp

Bay Leaf - 2

Cloves - 2

Cinnamon stick - small piece

Star anise - 2 petals 

Coriander Leaves - Handful (fine chop)

Cashews - 10-12 

Mint leaves  - Handful (fine chop)

Coriander leaf - Handful (fine chop)

Black pepper powder - a pinch

Briyani Masala - a pinch

Salt, Water, Ghee - As reqd

For Kurma:

Carrot - 1

Beans - 4

Potato - 1

Green peas - Little

Onion - 1 1/2 (fine chop)

Tomato - 1 (roughly chop)

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp

Chilly powder - 1 tsp

Coriander powder - 1 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Curd - 1/2 cup 

Milk - 2 tsp (optional, boiled and cooled)

Coconut - 1/2 cup

Cashews - 10

Green Elaichi - 2

Poppy seeds - 2 tsp

Fennel seeds - 3/4 tsp

Cloves - 2

Cinnamon stick - small piece

Salt, Oil, water - As reqd

Method:

• Chop the veggies and pressure cook for 3 whistles and set aside.
• Now lets prepare the rice.
• Heat a tbsp of ghee and add in washed rice (without water).
• Saute in low flame and transfer to cooker.
• Add in 5 tbsp of ghee in pan and add in garam spices.
• Add in onions and saute in low flame.
• Add in chilly, ginger garlic paste and saute.
• Add in tomato,  cashews and saute. 
• Add in spice powders and mix well.
• Transfer this to electric rice cooker.
• Add in required salt and water or coconut milk.
• Top it with chopped coriander and mint leaves.
• Set the timer to cook.
• Now lets prepare restaurant style kurma.
• Now in a blender add in cloves, cinnamon stick and elaichi.
• Add in poppy seeds, cashews and coconut.
• Add little water and blend it to fine paste and set aside.
• Heat oil in pan and add in onions and saute in medium flame.
• Add in ginger garlic paste and saute.
• Add in roughly chopped tomato and cook in low flame.
• Cook till tomato turns mushy.
• Now add in spice powders, salt and mix well.
• Add in boiled veggies, blended paste and mix well.
• Cook in low flame for 2 mins.
• Turn off the range.
• Now take the thick curd and whisk well.
• Add this to gravy and mix well.
• Now cook in low flame for 2 mins.
• Add in milk and mix well.
• Serve hot with ghee rice.