Navratan Kurma

Ingredients:

Boiled Peas - 2cups
Chopped and Boiled Carrot - 1big
Tomato Sauce - ¹/₂cup
Curd - ¹/₄cup
Cream - ¹/₄cup
Sweet Lime - 1no
Apple - 1small
Banana - 1
Pineapple - ¹/₄quantity
Cashew nuts - 10-15nos
Raisins - 20nos
Ghee - 1tbs
Butter - 3tbs
Salt - to taste

For Dry Masala :

Cumin seeds - 1tsp
Poppy seeds (Khus Khus) - 2tsp
Cardamoms - 1tsp

For Wet Masala :

Onion - 1big
Shredded Coconut - ¹/₄cup
Green Chillies - 3nos

For decoration :

Chopped Cherries Grated Cheese Chopped Coriander leaves - 1tbs

Method of Preparation :

Grind the dry and wet masalas separately and keep aside. Chop all the fruits finely.

Heat ghee and fry cashew nuts. Remove nuts from ghee and keep aside.

Pour butter to ghee and heat. Put wet masala and fry well. Add the dry masala and salt and sauté well for some time. Add carrots and peas and mix well. Mix curd and cream together and add it to the gravy. Sauté well by adding tomato sauce. Add chopped fruits, fried cashew nuts and raisins and boil till gravy thickens and the oil separates.

Remove from fire and garnish with grated cheese, coriander leaves and chopped cherries. Serve hot with naan, roti or paratha.