North Indian
Vegetable Korma
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
- 5 cups mixed vegetables
- 1/2 cup raw cashews
- 13.5 oz coconut milk
- 1 onion
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp grated ginger
- 4 green cardamom pods
- 1.5 tsp ground coriander
- 1.5 tsp garam masala
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 3 tbsp neutral oil
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
- 4 cups cooked basmati rice
- 1 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Soak the cashews in hot water for 10 minutes, then blend them smooth with a splash of the water.
- Heat the oil in a large pot and cook the onion, garlic, ginger, and cardamom until soft, about 7 minutes.
- Stir in the coriander, turmeric, and half the garam masala and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Add the mixed vegetables with a splash of water, cover, and cook until nearly tender, about 12 minutes.
- 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.
- Stir in the remaining garam masala, finish with cilantro, and serve over the basmati rice.
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 | Masala Omelette |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | Yes | Masala Omelette |
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
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Hearty
- Protein
- Medium
- Protein quality
- Partial
- Food groups it covers
- Grains, Vegetables, and Nuts and seeds
- How this was set
- Hand audited
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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More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on vegetable, coconut, and cashew.
From the same kitchens
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Does the same job on the plate
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Cook this with your whole family
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