Quick Shahi Sabzi

Medley of veggies cooked together with spices, very tasty combination. Goes very well with chapathi or rice.

Ingredients:

• Vegetables of your choice (beans carrots potatoes etc) chopped 200gm 
• Tomato puree of 2 tomatoes 
• Onions chopped 2 
• Cardamoms, cloves 2,4 
• Cinnamon stick 1/2 inch 
• Bay leaf optional 1 
• Cumins 1 tsp 
• Kasuri methi 1 tsp 
• Cashewnuts 10 
• Kishmish 10 
• Khuskhus(poppy seeds) 1 tbsp 
• Green chillies 2 
• Ginger and garlic 1 inch 
• Cloves 4 
• Curds 1/2 cup 
• Sugar 1/2 tsp 
• Salt to taste 
• Oil or ghee 3 tbsp 
• Garam masala 1/2 tsp 
• Tomato rings and coriander leaves for garnishing

Method:

1. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan 
2. Add zeera, 1 chopped onion, ginger and garlic chopped, kasuri methi, cashewnuts and poppy seeds. 
3. Fry onion till pink in colour and add the other ingredients. 
4. Add water and cook for 4 minutes. 
5. Now grind this to a paste. 
6. Heat oil in a pressure pan and add this paste and fry for 3 minutes. 
7. Add another chopped onion and fry well. 
8. Now add tomato puree and saute for a minute. 
9. Add red chilli powder sugar, curds and mix well. 
10. Add all the washed and chopped vegetables and kishmish and mix well. 
11. Mix well and add water (approx 1 cup), according to your plan of gravy and close the lid. 
12. Pressure cook till one or two whistles. 
13. Garnish with tomato rings and coriander leaves. 
14. Note: This looks like very big procedure but you can make the paste one or two days before and store in fridge. Vegetables can also be chopped and stored.