How to make Badami Mixed Vegetables -

Mixed vegetables in cashewnuts and peanuts paste.

Sanjeev Kapoor

This recipe has featured on the show Khanakhazana.

Main Ingredients : Carrots (गाजर), Cauliflower (फूलगोभी)

Cuisine : Indian

Course : Main Course Vegetarian


Badami Mixed Vegetables

Badami Mixed Vegetables Recipe Card

Print

Hindi: gajar
If there is one vegetable that is truly a nutritional hero then it is bound to be the carrot. A goldmine of nutrients, this is the reason they can be even termed as worth the other ‘karat’ (as in gold)! Ranging in colours from orange, black, pink to red, yellow and white, this delicious vegetable is within the reach of rich and poor alike and is rightly called the universal root. The best role that this winter vegetable can play – chomp on one as it is an excellent snack!

Prep Time : 31-40 minutes

Cook time : 26-30 minutes

Serve : 4

Level Of Cooking : Moderate

Taste : Mild

Ingredients for Badami Mixed Vegetables Recipe

  • Carrots 1 inch pieces 1 medium

  • Cauliflower separated into florets 1/4 medium

  • French beans 1 inch pieces 10-12

  • Green peas blanched 1/2 cup

  • Oil 2 tablespoons

  • Cumin seeds 1 teaspoon

  • Cashewnuts 15-20

  • Peanuts 2 tablespoons

  • Turmeric powder 1/4 teaspoon

  • Green chillies chopped 2

  • Red chilli powder 1 teaspoon

  • Fresh tomato puree 3 cups

  • Coriander powder 1 teaspoon

  • Garam masala powder 1 1/2 teaspoons

  • Yogurt 1/4 cup

  • Salt to taste

  • Fresh coriander leaves 2 tablespoons

Method

Step 1

Heat oil in a deep pan. Add cumin seeds and when they begin to change colour, add carrots and sauté for two minutes. Add one cup of water and let it cook.

Step 2

Soak cashewnuts and peanuts in water for fifteen minutes and then grind into a smooth paste. Add turmeric powder, green chillies and red chilli powder to the carrots and stir.

Step 3

Add cashewnut-peanut paste and mix. Add cauliflower and cook for a minute. Add tomato puree and mix. Add coriander powder and garam masala powder and stir.

Step 4

Cover and cook till the vegetables are almost done. Add French beans and green peas and let it simmer for four to five minutes. Add yogurt and salt and mix. Simmer for two minutes and take it off the heat.

Step 5

Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

advertisement
website of the year 2013
website of the year 2014
website of the year 2016
MasterChef Sanjeev Kapoor

Chef Sanjeev Kapoor is the most celebrated face of Indian cuisine. He is Chef extraordinaire, runs a successful TV Channel FoodFood, hosted Khana Khazana cookery show on television for more than 17 years, author of 150+ best selling cookbooks, restaurateur and winner of several culinary awards. He is living his dream of making Indian cuisine the number one in the world and empowering women through power of cooking to become self sufficient. His recipe portal www.sanjeevkapoor.com is a complete cookery manual with a compendium of more than 10,000 tried & tested recipes, videos, articles, tips & trivia and a wealth of information on the art and craft of cooking in both English and Hindi.