Navratan Kurma

Ingredients

2 cups peas boiled

1 large carrot chopped and boiled

1/2 cup tomato sauce

1/4 cup curd

1/4 cup malai(cream)

3 tbsp. butter

1 small sweet lime

1 small apple

1 banana

2 slices pineapple

10-15 cashewnuts

20 raisins

2 glaced cherries for decoration

1 tbsp. coriander chopped

1 tbsp. ghee

salt to taste

Masala 1

1 tsp. cuminseeds

2 tsp. khuskhus (poppyseeds)

1 tsp. cardamoms

     Masala 2

1 large onion

1/4 cup coconut shredded

3 green chillies

Instructions

Ø  Grind masala 1 and masala 2 separately. Chop all the fruit fine.

Ø  Heat ghee and fry cashews, drain and keep aside. Add butter to ghee and heat, add masala 2 and fry for 2 minutes. Add masala 1 and salt and fry 2 more minutes.

Ø  Add the carrots and peas, mix together curd and cream and add to gravy. Allow to thicken a bit, add fruit, cashews and raisins and boil till the gravy is thick and the fat separates.

Ø  Garnish with grated cheese ,coriander and chopped cherries.