Vellai kurma recipe | White kurma
Vellai kurma white kurma, a south Indian vegetable gravy in which vegetables are cooked in coconut based white masala for a flavourful dish that goes well with chapathi, puri, idli or dosa.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 3 Potato small
- 5 Beans
- ½ Carrot
- ¼ cup Green peas
- 1 cup Cauliflower florets
- 1 Onion
- 1 teaspoon Lemon juice
- ¼ teaspoon Sugar
- 8 Curry leaves
- Salt as needed
To grind
- ¾ cup Coconut grated & loosely packed
- 5 Green chilli small
- 5 Cashew nuts
- 1 teaspoon Fried gram dal pottu kadalai
- 6 Small onions shallots
- 5 flakes Garlic small variety
- ½ tablespoon Ginger chopped
- ½ teaspoon Fennel
- ¼ Inch Cinnamon
- 1 Clove
- 1 Cardamom
To temper
- 2 tablespoon Oil
- ½ teaspoon Fennel seeds
- ¼ Inch Cinnamon
- 1 Clove
- 1 Cardamom
Instructions
- Peel the skin of potato, carrot and chop it along with beans, finely. Keep aside with green peas.3 Potato , 5 Beans, ½ Carrot, ¼ cup Green peas
- Cut cauliflower into bite sized pieces and soak in hot water with salt until use.1 cup Cauliflower florets
- In a container, place the chopped veggies except cauliflower. Add sugar, little salt and water (¼ cup). Pressure cook just for a whistle.¼ tsp Sugar, Salt
- Gather and grind all the ingredients under ‘To grind’. First grind without water and later add water and grind smoothly.¾ cup Coconut, 5 Green chilli, 5 Cashew nuts , 1 tsp Fried gram dal, 6 Small onions, 5 flakes Garlic, ½ tbsp Ginger chopped , ½ tsp Fennel , ¼ Inch Cinnamon , 1 Clove, 1 Cardamom
- Heat a kadai with oil and temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table. Add sliced onion.1 Onion , ½ tsp Fennel seeds, ¼ Inch Cinnamon , 1 Clove, 1 Cardamom , 2 tbsp Oil
- Fry until soft. Add the ground paste. (I transferred to a heavy bottomed vessel)
- Give it a mix. Add cooked vegetables, cauliflower.1 cup Cauliflower florets
- Add required water (2 cups). Simmer until cauliflower gets cooked and gravy gets thick.
- Cauliflower should get cooked, so make sure to add enough water. Once thick, switch off the flame. Add torn curry leaves.8 Curry leaves
- Add lemon juice and mix well. As cools down, it will thicken slightly.1 tsp Lemon juice
Notes
- Add more potato and cauliflower to keep the kurma on whiter side.
- My potatoes after chopping roughly came 1 & ½ cups.
- Do not over cook the veggies.
- Here in singapore, cauliflower gets cooked and mashed very fast. So I add separately later only. If Indian variety, it takes longer to cook, so adjust cooking time accordingly.
- Keep mixing to avoid the gravy getting burnt.
- I added 2 teaspoon of coconut oil and it was really good.
- You can add coriander leaves too for garnish.