Vegetable kurma

This is a very nutritious recipe because it includes carrots,beans, peas and cabbage  and i simply love this recipe with chapati as well as poori . If you wish you can also add potato and beetroot , which will give good aroma and the beetroot color will be very nice .

Ingredients

Carrots	2 medium size
Cabbage	1 cup
Beans	12 nos
Potato	2
Peas	½ cup
Turmeric	¼ tsp
Red chilly powder	1 tsp
Garam masala	1 tsp
Coriander leaves	½ cup
Salt	As per taste

To temper

Elachi	1 no
Bay leaf	2 no
Jeera	1 tsp
Oil	3 tblsp

To grind

Coconut	¼ cup
Onion	2 big sized
Tomato	2 medium size
Ginger garlic paste	2tsp
Green chilly	1 medium sized
Sombu	1tsp

Method

1. Chop the vegetables in equal squares and in a cooker add all the vegetables and pour enough water to cook the vegetables.
2. To the vegetables add chilly power,turmeric and salt .Close the cooker lid and cook for 3 whistles.
3. Take a pan  add little oil fry onion,tomato,ginger, garlic ,sombu and green chilli for 5 to 10 mts.Cool it and grind it to a soft paste
4. separately grind the coconut by adding half a tumbler of water .
5. To the cooked vegetables add the ground paste, garam masala and cook in medium flame for 5 to 10 mts.
6. Then add the coconut paste cook for 5 to 7 mts or until the raw smell vanishes
7. In a pan add little oil add bay leaf,elaichi and jeera let it splutter, then add this to the vegetables.
8. Atlast garnish it with chopped corriander leaves.

serve hot with chapathi or poori................................