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Kadai Vegetables
Main Ingredients | Medium carrot, Cauliflower florets |
Cuisine | Indian |
Course | Main Course Vegetarian |
Prep Time | 21-25 minutes |
Cook time | 26-30 minutes |
Serve | 4 |
Taste | Spicy |
Level of Cooking | Easy |
Others | Veg |
Ingredients
- 1 medium carrot, peeled, blanched and cut into diamonds
- 10-12 cauliflower florets, blanched in turmeric water
- 3-4 baby corns, blanched and cut into diamonds
- 5-6 French beans, stringed,blanced and cut into 1 inch pieces
- 1 small green capsicum, cut into small cubes
- 100 grams cottage cheese (paneer), cut into small cubes
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 2 medium onions, chopepd
- 2 medium tomatoes, chopepd
- 1 tablespoon ginger paste
- Salt to taste
- 1 1/2 tablespoons garlic paste
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 2 teaspoons Kashmiri red chilli powder
- 1 tablespoon coriander powder
- 1 1/4 teaspoons dried fenugreek leaf (kasuri methi) powder
- 1/2 cup tomato puree
- 2 tablespoons cashewnut-melon seed (kaju-magaz) paste
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh coriander leaves + for garnish
Kadai masala
- 2-3 tablespoons coriander seeds
- 1 teaspoon black pepeprcorns
- 7 green cardamoms
- 2 dried red chillies
- 1 black cardamom
- 1 tablespoon cumin seeds
Method
- To make kadai masala, grind together coriander seeds, peppercorns, green cardamoms, red chillies, black cardamom and cumin seeds to a fine powder.
- Heat oil in a non-stick kadai. Add 2 tablespoons kadai masala and sauté for a minute.
- Add onions, mix and sauté till well browned. Add tomatoes and salt, mix well, cover and cook till tomatoes soften.
- Add ginger paste and garlic paste, mix and sauté for a minute. Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder and 1 teaspoon dried fenugreek leaves powder, mix well and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Add tomato puree and mix well. Add cashewnut-melon seed paste, mix and sauté for 5 minutes.
- Add carrot, cauliflower, baby corns, French beans and capsicum and mix well. Add ¼ cup water and stir.
- Add salt, cottage cheese cubes and coriander leaves. Mix well and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Garnish with coriander leaf and serve hot.
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