Navratan Korma (Recipe)

Here is a delicious Indian dish that you absolutely have to try. The name means 'Nine Gems' and it refers to the nine vegetables that are typically used in this dish, but feel free to mix and match and add as many as you want. Here is the recipe we used that came out spectacular:

5 Carrots, coined
1/2 Turnip, diced
1/2 Onion, Diced
1 Can Mixed Veggies
1 Can Cut Green Beans
1/2 Head Cauliflower, small chunks
1 Can Chickpeas
1/4 Medium Sized Eggplant, peeled and diced
Couple Cloves Fresh Garlic, Diced
1 Can Unsweetened Coconut Milk
1 1/2 Cups Milk
3 Chicken Bouillon Cubes
1 Beef Bouillon Cubes
Onion Powder
Garlic Powder
Curry Powder
Garam Masala Powder
1 tsp Sugar (Brown or Maple is best)
Couple Pats of Butter
 Splash of Light Cream

(Possibly if it needs to thicken)
Corn Starch
Milk


You want to pre-cook, at least partially, the Carrots, Turnip, Onion, Cauliflower, Eggplant, and Garlic. I did this by steaming it in the microwave for about 12 minutes, but you could also boil or saute it, or even roast it.

Next you want to mix your Can of Coconut milk, 1 1/2 Cups Milk, Beef and Chicken Bouillon Cubes, butter pats (I used about 4), spices, sugar and splash of cream in a  pot big enough to hold all the veggies you'll be using. If you sauteed the fresh veggies you could start with a pot big enough and just add the other ingredients to it. I like heavy spices so I never include spice amounts in recipes. Just start light and keep going until you get the flavor strength you want. Once the milk and spice mixture heats up a bit add the Can of Mixed Veggies, Can of Green Beans and Can of Chickpeas followed by your precooked fresh veggies if you didn't saute them. Let the mixture come to a boil, stirring just enough to keep from sticking. We found ours needed to thicken, so we added about three teaspoons of Corn Starch mixed with just over an ounce of milk. Add this after mixture is boiling, stir in well and see how it goes. To make the thickener, mix the Corn Starch into a little milk, about 1/3 to 1/2 an ounce of milk, until it fully dissolves, than pour into your Korma and stir.

And now you should be ready to enjoy delicious Navratan Korma!