Monday 17 May 2010

Alu Korma / Potato Korma

Ingredients:
6 medium sized alu(boiled)
2 onions
1 cup chopped tomatoes
2 cinnamon small sticks

3 pods garlic
4 green chillies
1/2 cup chopped coriander
10 cashew nuts
2 cloves
2 sps salt
2 spoons dessicated coconut
1 cup coconut milk
1 sp red chilly powder
1 sp garam masala powder
5 sps sunflower oil
3 sps butter
Method:
  1. Boil alu deskin and cut them into four pieces each.
  2. Finely chop onion,garlic and green chillies.
  3. Warm oil.Fry onion,garlic,green chillies,tomato and cinnamon sticks and cloves.Allow it to cool for 5mins.
  4. Grind the cooked tomato-onion mix adding salt and cashew nuts.
  5. Put oil in the pan and saute slit green chillies,chilly powder,garam masala for a minute and then add the ground tomato mix.
  6. Sim the heat,add alu pieces and mix them even with the gravy.
  7. Now pour coconut milk and add dessicated coconut to the gravy and close the lid for 2-3mins.
  8. Warm butter and roast 3-5 cashews and add it to the kurma and switch off the heat.
  9. Garnish with coriander.Tastes yummy.Goes well with paratha,roti and fried rice too.My favourite party time dish.Give a try and let me know your way...

2 comments:

swapna said...

hey Andhra chef, nice one.Tried it with roti the other day..it was really simple and tasty too.FIVE STARS FROM MY FAMILY.

Andhra chef said...

Thanks for the feedback swapna.I am glad that your family liked it too.Happy cooking!

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