I'm a vegetarian and when I'm in a really good or really bad mood, I enjoy cooking and baking. My family likes my curry, but I'm sometimes at a loss as to what to buy at the store. I never know what goes well together. I'm not a cook or a natural in the kitchen, I just like to make things sometimes. I've tried the recipes I have, so I'm wondering if there's something really interesting that I haven't tried.
Curry is quite simple, but if there's any tips on how to make it any easier to make or better tasting, please let me know.
I have a stir fry pan and I live in a densely populated area, so there's all sorts of different cuisine stores for me to get ingredients from.
If you have other suggestions outside of curry, that'd be appreciated too, especially if it's easy!
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You could make Navratan Korma!
3 cups - Boiled vegetables (9 varieties-potatoes, carrots, green peas, french beans, cauliflower, capsicum, cabbage, bottle gourd, cluster beans)
150gms - Grated paneer
3 - Tomatoes
2 - Grated onions
1 1/2 tsp -Ginger paste
1 1/2 tsp - Garlic paste
Salt To Taste
1 tsp - Turmeric Powder
1 1/2 tsp - Red chilli powder
1 tsp - Coriander powder
2 tsp - Garam Masala Powder
2 tbsp - Cream
6 tbsp - Vegetable oil
1 tbsp - Ghee
1 cup - Milk / water
1/4 cup - Dry fruits (cashew nuts, raisins)
Coriander leaves for decoration
How to make navrattan korma :
Boil tomatoes till tender. Allow them to cool. Then peel off the tomato skin to make puree. Readymade tomato puree can also be used.
Take 1 tbsp ghee and slightly fry the dry fruits for about 1 min on medium heat.
Heat oil in a pan. Fry onions and ginger-garlic paste till golden brown.
Add salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala and fry for 2-3 minutes.
Next add tomato puree and dry fruits. Stir well and cook the mixture for 4 minutes. Ensure that the mixture doesn't stick to bottom of pan.
Add milk (use water alternatively). Bring it to boil. Reduce the heat and cook until the gravy becomes thick.
Add paneer to the gravy and stir well.
Finally add all the vegetables to the above gravy and cook for 5-7 minutes.
Serve the navratan korma hot. Put cream and chopped coriander leaves on the navaratna korma decorate .
Lots of Indians ( because of religion) don't eat meat, so lots of Currys' are Veggie based.
There are so many varieties , it is almost wrong to combine them under Curry.
Try Massala , Biryani, Tandoori etc Onion Bhajis the list is endless.
You could , with the Wok do a 3 bean stir fry.
The tins of (3) beans are available in most stores and then add onions, peppers whatever veg you like really.