Sabzi Miloni - Chrysl

Recipe by Chrysl Castelino

Ingredients:
1 cup cauliflower florets
1/2 cup french beans (cut lengthwise)
2 medium carrots (cut into batons)
2 medium potatoes (cut into batons)
1/2 cup mushrooms (cut in half)
1/4 cup peas
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
200 gms tomato puree 
3 cardamom pods 
2 bay leaves
3 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder
1 tsp chilli powder
1/2 tsp haldi powder 
1 tsp coriander powder
2 tbsp kasuri methi
2 tbsp coriander leaves (chopped)
2 tbsp fresh cream
3 tbsp ghee 
1 tbsp oil 
2 tsp sugar
salt to taste

For the masala paste
2 medium onions (roughly chopped)
2 medium tomatoes (roughly chopped)
10-15 cashew nuts

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For the dry masala powder
3 cardamom
1 mace
4 cloves
1" cinnamon
1 tsp jeera
1 tsp fennel seeds 

Steps:

Vegetables fried till 3/4 done

1. Soak the cashew nuts in boiling water for 20 minutes. 
   
   
2. Grind the onions, tomatoes and soaked cashew nuts to a fine paste and set aside.
   
   
3. Grind the ingredients for the dry masala powder into a fine powder.
   
   
4. Heat oil in a pan and fry the vegetables on high flame till 3/4 done. Season with some salt.
   
   
5. Heat ghee in a vessel and add the cardamom and bay leaves.
6. Pour the ground masala paste and fry for 5 minutes.
7. Now add the ginger garlic paste and fry till the raw smell is gone.
8. Next add in the tomato puree, all the dry masala powders, coriander leaves and continue to fry for another 10-15 minutes.
9. Pour 1 cup of water and bring to a boil.
10. Add in the fried vegetables, sugar and salt to taste.
11. Cover and cook till the vegetables have fully cooked. 
12. Add the kasuri methi and fresh cream.
13. Serve hot with roti, naan or jeera rice.
14. ENJOY!