Mixed veg kurma - This kurma is made in pressure cooker and it tastes very similar to hotel kurma. Made with mixed vegetables.
This is a wonderful kurma I found in Prema’s Cook book blog! I have made this so many time and now ended up in a modified recipe,which suits my family’s taste.. I usually make this kurma with chapathi but as Prema have mentioned this goes well with poori. Also tastes the best with Parotta.

Updated video:
How to make mixed vegetable kurma. Please note that, the recipe in this video is slightly different from the given recipe with step by step pictures. The slight variations I have done in the video are : 1) used finely chopped garlic in place of ginger garlic paste and used ginger in grinding part 2) Grinding part has few badam in place of khus khus 3) added few green chillies and reduced red chilli powder 4) added few mint leaves in the grinding part.
Recipe card
Vegetable Kurma recipe
Ingredients
- 1 Potato
- 1 carrot small
- 10 beans
- 12 cauliflower small cut pieces
- ¼ peas - ¼ cup
- 2 onion small sized
- 2 tomato
- 2 ginger garlic paste Refer notes
- ⅛ teaspoon turmeric
- 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- ½ teaspoon garam masala
- 1 Sprig curry leaves
- 1 tablespoon Coriander leaves chopped
- Salt
To Temper
- 1 Cardamom
- 1 Clove
- 1 Inch Cinnamon
- ` Bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
- Stone flowers Few (kal pasi)
- 2 tablespoon Oil
To grind
- 3 tablespoon Coconut
- ¾ teaspoon Fennel
- 4 Almonds
- 6 cashew nuts
- 1 tablespoon Fried gram dal pottu kadalai
Instructions
- Chop the veggies to fine cubes, chop the onions and tomatoes finely.
- Grind the ingredients under the table “To grind” to a smooth paste.
- Heat a small pressure cooker/pan with oil and add the tempering items in the table “to temper”.
- After the cumin splutters, add curry leaves. Add onion and fry for a minute and add the ginger garlic paste and fry in low flame till the raw smell of the ginger garlic paste disappears.
- Add tomato, salt and give it a fry. Add red chilli powder, garam masala powder and turmeric powder.
- Fry until mushy. Add ground paste.
- Fry in low flame till the raw smell goes off (3-4 minutes approx.). Add the chopped veggies except cauliflower.
- Add a cup of water and mix well. Check for salt. Bring to boil and lastly add cauliflower (kept immersed in hot water plus turmeric).
- Mix well and close the lid.
- Pressure cook for a whistle in medium flame.
- Open and add coriander leaves. I added in previous step and pressure cooked. You can follow any method as per your preference.
Video
Notes
- Please dont skip curry leaves and coriander leaves as it gives a nice flavor.
- You can also add soya chunks with the veggies.
- If you dont have ginger garlic paste, add finely chopped garlic after cumin seeds and fry till fragrant, followed by onion. Ginger can be ground with grinding items.
Mixed veg kurma method
- Chop the veggies to fine cubes, chop the onions and tomatoes finely. Grind the ingredients under the table “To grind” to a smooth paste.
- Heat a small pressure cooker/pan with oil and add the tempering items in the table “to temper”. After the cumin splutters, add curry leaves .Add onion and fry for a minute and add the ginger garlic paste and fry in low flame till the raw smell of the ginger garlic paste disappears.
- Add tomato, salt and give it a fry. Add red chilli powder, garam masala powder and turmeric powder. Fry until mushy. Add ground paste.
- Fry in low flame till the raw smell goes off (3-4 minutes approx.). Add the chopped veggies except cauliflower. Add a cup of water and mix well.Check for salt. Bring to boil and lastly add cauliflower (kept immersed in hot water plus turmeric). Mix well and close the lid.
- Pressure cook for a whistle in medium flame. Open and add coriander leaves. I added in previous step and pressure cooked. You can follow any method as per your preference.
Note
- Please dont skip curry leaves and coriander leaves as it gives a nice flavor.
- You can also add soya chunks with the veggies.
- If you dont have ginger garlic paste, add finely chopped garlic after cumin seeds and fry till fragrant, followed by onion. Ginger can be ground with grinding items.
I have made in larger quantities two three times for get together,never failed, hope this helps budding cooks….Tastes very similar to hotel kurma😊
kothiyavunu
Wow!!! delicious and eye catching kurma..Absolutely finger-licking!!;)
Sharmilee! :)
Looks delicious, a perfect sidedish!
Sushma Mallya
wow thats a beautiful pic and perfect kurma for puri...looks very delicious raks esp the colour of it is very nice
sowmya.s
that is a great combo -puri and kurma..had it at my friend's place once..i add a little coconut milk in it..yours looks awesome..
jeyashrisuresh
nice kurma.Tried a similar one using potaoes only.nice pictorial explanation.excellent click too
Prathibha
Lovely kurma Rak's..looks perfect wid poori's..Even I prefer eating kurma wid poori's..I do almost similar other than the saunf adding to the ground mixture..will add next time...
Sandhya Hariharan
Thanks for sharing..... I need to try my hands... on making kurma.. never made ....
Tina
Creamy and delicious kurma.....
DEESHA
wow, this is a lovely kurma.Loved the color
Priya
Such a beautiful kurma Raks, very colourful and tempting..
Shama Nagarajan
nice yummy one
Sailaja Damodaran
Yummy with anything.......nice click
Parita
Wonderful kurma dear!!
Ego-Centric
wow..this is so yummy! wonderful pic...
Laavanya
I always think pressure cooking kurmas like this gets the masalas well incorporated into the veggies. Looks very tempting.
Gita
nice pictures dear....this version sounds interesting...I'll try it next time when I am making kurma 🙂
A 2 Z Vegetarian Cuisine
Looks really delicious. Beautiful pictures.
Mahimaa's kitchen
looks very nice and colorful.
Cham
Super delicious kurma! I don't add pottudalai...
Priya Narasimhan
absolutely lovely and delicious..am speechless looking at the photos. 🙂
Akal's Saappadu
vegetable kurma looks great with the pooris; veg kurma is my favoutite combination for pooris too 🙂 I do it similarly without the coconut!
jayasree
Droolworthy pics... Delicious kurma
my kitchen
Kurma looks perfect,perfect one with roti & parotta,nice clicks
Cilantro
Kurma looks great. I would love adding cauliflower but the ones we get here gets soggy. Delicious!!!
LG
ooh..my..kurma looks delicious. yummy yumm...
Priya
I've been looking for an easy Kurma recipe and I tried this one and wow, it came out so good. It was so tasty with Roti. Next time I'll have to make it with Dosa.
Thanks for the wonderful recipe.
RAKS KITCHEN
Priya, That's super fast 🙂 Thanks for trying out 🙂
Anupama
That kurma is wonderful Raks! So mouth-watering that i'm tempted to make it immediately... bookmarked!
Chitra
I too have tried this.. will try this modified version soon.. Looks yummy !!
veggie belly
I cant agree with you more about not missing the curry leaves! This is a great recipe 🙂
Sreelekha Sumesh
So beautiful pics..Kurma looks creamy and yummy!
Savitharajsspiceland
This looks very yummy..Thanks for visting my blog..and i love the pics in here!!
Shri
I am blown away!Lovely presentation..
n33ma
I really like that u paired it with puri.
Good Kurma!
jayasri
great!!, looks delicious, beautiful pictures as always, looks delectable.., not feeling great, can you pass the platter to me please!!, looks so yum with lot of veggies, i do something like minus bay leaves & saunf next time i will try this..
Rohini
Such a tempting Kurma loaded with goodness of the veggies.. Amma also makes a similar one, but I can never replicate her taste..Will surely try this one! Lovely clicks as always! 🙂
Karthik
Hi Raks,
I made this kurma yesterday for puris after reading your post. We loved the mildness of the masala in it. Step by step pics were very helpful
sangeeta
first time on you blog and i loved i...the rasam you posted recently looks so fresh and this korma is as healthy as it can be...i am going to try this very soon..
Yasmeen
An appetizing side dish 😀
meeso
I love these simple veggie dishes, Yum!
uma shankar
your pictures are so colourful and nice!!too good!
vanitha
HI
I did kurma and puri .it came very well.and very thank full for you.
Thanks
vanitha chandran
Karthik
Tried this kurma with roti..it was a superhit..Thank you so much for the detailed explanation and pics..Keep up the good work, it helps a lot of us
umaarun
I just tried...it was so Gud...Thank u ...
Meera upadhya
i tried this with jeera rice , poori and chapathi !it was excellent.... it is now famous with my guests also ! thank you rakshitha !
Meera upadhya
i tried this with jeera rice , poori and chapathi !it was excellent.... it is now famous with my guests also ! thank you rakshitha !
Unknown
Yummy recipe. Mouth watering when recipe is done... Thank u..
SriNandhini Hari
I wanted to make a kurma for idiyapam n i tried yr recipe... Wow it came out very well thank you for this easy recipe.... Everyone in my house praised me for making this
SriNandhini Hari
I wanted to make a kurma for idiyapam n i tried yr recipe... Wow it came out very well thank you for this easy recipe.... Everyone in my house praised me for making this
chitra
Hi Raks
I tried this recipe following ur step by step pic guide and it came out very well.
browsing your website and preparing dishes like you mentioned, iam so happy to do that.
thanks for this wonderful recipe. FYI this is the first time i prepared veg-kurma and everyone at my home liked it very much.
Thanks for all the recipe.
Custodio Rodrigues
Hi Rak's,
i have tried your recipe, it was lovely and yummy, all my friends like it. Thanks for sharing.
i will try your other recipies also.
add some chicken receipies too.
Custodio Rodrigues
Hi, Rak's
I tried this recipe, it was yummy every one like it,
thanks for sharing i will also try your other recipes. Add some chicken recipes too.
renu
Looks yumm! I love this style of kurma and never tried before..hope it ll come out well today, with the help of your detailed instuctions. Thanks in advance 🙂
renu
hi raks..it came out very well..thanks so much
sapna
Thanks Raji for the delicious kurma recipe.It was fabulous.Infact all your recipes are fantastic.
Anonymous
i tried..... it was awesome
Sandy
I am a big fan of your recipes...Today I tried this kurma and it was awesome. Thanks a ton!!
Karpagam Srinivasan
Wow, thanks for your nice presentation, tried your way of making this one, that too on a potluck dinner, came out just like hotel kurma. I was so scared initially why I chose to do on a potluck day, but it didn't fail, because of you!!! Thanks a ton!!!
Mamatha Reddy Nagilla
I did little modifications and it came out well... added mint leaves for tadka and corriander seeds and used fresh coconut instead of desiccated along with some almonds for the paste and added green capsicum with all the veggetables. After having the first 2 whistles(mine come very fine so waited for 2 ) switched off the flames and then after the pressure is gone added fried panner and let it shimmer for the consistency and added little cream . It came out well. My family loved it.
Chitra S
This is the awesomest veg curry I ever made or had. Seriously. Making it for the n th time now.
Sugan
I am a big fan of your recipes..I tried this kurma and it came very well. even tried lot many recipes.
more than me my daughter(8yrs) is a great fan of ur website.
subha sekar
Thanks for this wonderful recipe..came out lovely
subha sekar
Thnks for this wonderful recipe..
Viji A
Raji.. the kurma was awesome.. my hubby loved it so much... thanks a lot.. i hv tried so many versions of this recipe.. nvr turned out perfect...this one reminds us of tamilnad's resto style kurma... 🙂 🙂
subhasri
Hi Raks! !!
Today I made this recipe. ...........it's come out well. .. it's very yummy & tasty. ..... my hubby likes very much this recipe. ...Thank you for your recipe. ...☺☺☺☺☺☺☺
Jaina Mehta
Hi, I was searching for a Veg Kurma recipe and found this link. Last evening, I tried this recipe your way (but without cauliflower as I didn't havet it) but it came out very well and tasted lovely. My family also enjoyed it. I will definitely try this again next time with cauliflower 🙂 Thankyou so much for this simple and yummy recipe 🙂
Aiyappan Bhargavi
Hi,nice recipe....very eager to try but where we can get khuskhus in Singapore and I've also heard that it cannot be brought from India.
Pravinah Prem
Hi,
Tried kurma for the first time in my life after seeing your recipe and it came out really well. Thanks.
Preetha Kishore
Hi, I'm a big fan of all your recipe's. I tried this kurma and it came out well. My family enjoyed eating with poori. Thanks a lot for this yummy recipe 🙂
Dharmadevi Bharathkumar
Tried this and it came out awesome! Thank you!!
Dharmadevi Bharathkumar
Tried this recipe today, and it was truly awesome! Thank you!!
kuttu
hi rajiakka, i just have to tell you, ur blog is the best thing that ever happened to my cooking!:D thank u so so much and keep rocking :* 🙂
Revaboju Pwr
Tried this recipe..came out well...thanks for the recipe
Viji kannan
Hi raji.. I want to make this recipe for 15 people.. Can you tell me the quantity?
Raks anand
Just make the ingredients 4 times more. You can reduce onion, tomato by half.
Susmitha C.G
Hello raji, i have never used khuskhus, so I would like to know whether it has to be grinded as it is or it has to be soaked or fried before grinding. Thankyou..
Raks anand
You can add as such and grind
Greeshma Hari
Hi raks
I have tried this recipe today and everybody liked it. I have tried many of your north indian side dishes whenever i make chapathy. Expecting more and more dishes from you.
anu priya
Hi raks can this kurma be used to prepare kothu parotta?
anu priya
Hi raks can this kurma be used in making kothu parotta?
Raks anand
Yes, I use this only.
Elizabeth
I made it ,it was super,like restaurant style
Thanks and God bless you abundantly.
Raks Anand
Thanks a lot!
Sugandi
Best best kurma recipe! Not too many unnecessary ingredients like some recipes. Thick flavorful sauce. Mmmm! Thank you, Raks!
Raks Anand
Thank you for your feedback Sugandi, happy that you liked it 🙂