Navratan Paneer korma. This is an Indian vegetable korma with nuts, paneer cheese, and an adjustable list of vegetables. It is in a tomato-cream sauce as opposed to the usual yogurt based sauce. 'Navratan' means 'nine gems,' so choose nine of the vegetable, nuts, and paneer ingredients; you can leave out the elements you don't want to use, or add them all so it is 'ten gems' if you wish. This is an Indian vegetable korma with nuts, paneer cheese, and an adjustable list of vegetables. It is in a tomato-cream sauce as opposed to the usual yogurt based sauce. 'Navratan' means 'nine gems,' so choose nine of the vegetable, nuts, and paneer ingredients; you can leave out the elements you don't want to use, or add them all so it is. Navratan Korma is a simple yet delicious recipe, which can be prepared at home very easily without putting in much efforts.

Firstly, place the potatoes, beans, capsicum and carrots over a chopping board and chop them. Then, grate onions using a grater and also cut paneer into cubes. Next, place a saucepan over medium flame and pour oil in it. You can have Navratan Paneer korma using 34 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Navratan Paneer korma

It's 400 gms of Paneer(cut into cubes).
You need 1 pcs of Carrot (cut into cubes).
You need 100 grams of Beans(cut into long pieces).
You need 1/2 of Cauliflower (cut of small pcs).
You need 1 pcs of Potato(cut into cubes).
It's 1 pcs of Capsicum(cut into cubes).
You need 100 grams of Green peas.
You need 2 of Tomatoes.
Prepare 100 gms of Sweet corns.
Prepare 3 pcs of Cloves.
It's 2 pcs of Cardamom.
You need 1 of Cinnamon.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of Shahi jeera.
It's 1/2 tsp of Asafoetida.
Prepare 1 pcs of Dry red chilli whole.
You need 2 pcs of green chillies.
Prepare 2 pcs of bay leaves.
You need 20 gms of Raisins.
Prepare 40 gms of Cashew nuts.
Prepare 30 gms of Almonds.
It's 1 tsp of Kasuri Methi.
Prepare 1 inch of Ginger.
It's 2 tbls of Fresh cream.
You need 1 tbls of Poppy seeds.
Prepare 1 cup of Milk.
It's 1/2 tsp of Black pepper.
It's 1 tsp of Sugar.
It's as per taste of Salt.
It's 1 tbsp of Ghee.
Prepare 2 tbsp of Cooking oil.
Prepare 1 tsp of Garam masala powder.
Prepare 1 tsp of cumin powder.
You need 1 tsp of Coriander powder.
You need 1/2 tsp of Black pepper powder.

A rich and creamy dish, Navratan Korma gets it's name from nine ingredients/jewels (nav=nine and ratan=jewels) which are cooked together in a super creamy sauce. The base of this curry is made with cashews, poppy seeds and is finished with cream to make it decadent. This is an Indian vegetable korma with nuts, paneer and an adjustable list of vegetables. It is in a tomato-cream sauce as opposed to the usual yoghurt based sauce. 'Navratan' means 'nine gems,' so choose nine of the vegetable, nuts and paneer ingredients; you can leave out the elements you don't want to.

Navratan Paneer korma step by step

Add water in a pan, add some sugar(it keeps the colour of the veggies as it is). Cover and allow it to boil, after few minutes then add carrot cubes, potatoes, beans, sweet corn, cauliflower. Cover the lid and boil the veggies for. Remove the veggies from the water & keep aside..
In a blender jar take the tomatoes, 2pcs green chillies, one and half inches ginger piece, blend together into a fine paste. Now take 15 pcs cashews, 10 pcs almonds and poppy seeds in a blender jar, add milk and blend into a fine paste..
Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan, add cashews and fry in the oil. After 1 min. add raisins. Fry cashew and raisins till golden brown, then take out and keep aside..
Heat some more oil and add whole spices for tempering. Add bay leaves, dry red chilli, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, shahi jeera, whole black peppercorns and Asafoetida. After 30 sec, add the tomato- ginger-green chilli paste. Fry them for two minutes..
After 2 Mins, add the vegetables, add green peas salt to taste, coriander powder, cumin powder, black pepper powder. Mix well, cover and cook over medium flame for 5 minutes..
After 5 minutes add cashew nuts poppy seeds paste. Mix them well for 2 min. After 2-3 minutes, add milk, adjust salt. Mix it well, cover and cook for 5 minutes. Now add sugar, add paneer, fresh cream mix it well..
Now add Kasuri methi, add the fried cashews and raisins, garam masala powder and ghee. Mix it well. Turn off the flame, cover with a lid and rest for 5 minutes. Niramish Navratan Paneer korma is ready to be served with parathas or Pulao..

Navratan Korma is a rich, creamy, and flavorful dish that literally translates to nine-gem curry. The "gems" are the fruits, vegetables, and nuts that make up the curry. Vegetable korma was created in imperial kitchens and served to kings, queens, and other royals during the Mughal era in India. Navratan korma is commonly found on the Indian restaurant menus. It makes a great side dish to include for parties or when we have guests home.