North Indian
Vegetable Korma
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Vegetable Korma is North Indian home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Soak the cashews in hot water for 10 minutes, then blend them smooth with a splash of the water.
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Heat the oil in a large pot and cook the onion, garlic, ginger, and cardamom until soft, about 7 minutes.
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Stir in the coriander, turmeric, and half the garam masala and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
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Add the mixed vegetables with a splash of water, cover, and cook until nearly tender, about 12 minutes.
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Pour in the coconut milk and cashew cream, season with salt, and simmer gently until the vegetables are tender and the sauce thickens, about 8 minutes.
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Stir in the remaining garam masala, finish with cilantro, and serve over the basmati rice.
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Serve it with
A North Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Vegetable Korma, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Vegetable Korma carries tree nuts and coconut. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | Yes | Aloo Paratha (Potato Stuffed Flatbread) |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | Yes | Aloo Paratha (Potato Stuffed Flatbread) |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 550 kcal
- Protein
- 6 g
- Carbs
- 51 g
- Fat
- 36 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 620 mg
- Saturated fat
- 19 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Vegetable Korma takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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