Home Made Indian Kurma

Ingredients

2 tablespoons oil
2 large chicken breast fillets, skinned and cut into chunks or lamb cubes small cut or veggies of your choice like chopped Carrots, Potatoes, Peas, Beans, Cauliflower

1 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
2 onion
1 Green Chilli
1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
1 tomatoes
3 tsp poppy seeds
6-8 cashew nuts
Coconut cream - 1 cup
2 tsp Fennel seeds (Saunf)


4 Cloves
1 piece Cinnamon
2 Cardamom

Preparation method

1. Grind Poppy Seeds, 1 tsp Fennel Seeds, Green Chilli, 1 chopped Onion, 1 chopped Tomato, Cashew nuts, coconut cream, add required water.

2. In a pot or a vessel add oil, add Cinnomon, Cloves, Cardamom, 1 tsp Fennel.   Let it splutter.
3. Add chopped onion, add little salt for the onions to soften.  Add Ginger Garlic Paste, Fry.
4. Add Chopped Meat, or chicken or Veggies Fry.  Add 1 Chopped Tomato

5. Add the Grinded Paste.  Mix and add enough water, if consistency is thick.   Check the taste add salt appropriately.  Cook till the meat or the veggies are done. 

Serve with hot Rice, Chappati, Roti, Naan, (Indian Bread).   Yum Yum..   Home Made Kurma is just ready.


Optional:  To enhance taste, you can use a tsp of Ghee or clarified butter instead of oil.