Mothi korma

                                     Mothi korma

A dish where beautiful mothis floats in a yogurt  base gravy. I’m inspired from the dish of Rajasthan gulabjamun curry. A complete veg  dish , which can be made without onion and garlic also.

Ingredients:-

*For mothi*

1/Cottage cheese/ paneer – 150gm

2/Mawa – 100 gm

3/Salt- 1 pinch

4/Baking Powder- 1 pinch

5/Saffron crushed- ¼ tsp

6/Cardamom Powder- ¼ tsp

7/Powder sugar- 1 tbs

8/Plane flour- 1 & half tbs

9/Raisin – 1 for each mothi.

10/Gee/ Clarified butter – 1 tsp

11/Oil- For frying.

*For korma*

1/Brown Onion paste- 3tbs

2/Ginger paste- 1 tbs

3/Green chili- 2 silted

4/Cardamom- 2 peeled

5/Cinnamon stick- 1 inch

6/Cloves- 2 piece

7/Bay leaf- 1 small

8/Mace – half of one

9/Cashew & melon seed paste- 2 tbs

10/Yogurt - 100 gm

11/Turmeric powder- 1 tsp

12/Red chili powder- 1 tbs

13/Garam masala- 1 tbs

14/Oil/Clarified butter- 3 tbs

15/Salt – as per taste

16/Sugar – 1 tbs

17/Fresh Coriander leaves- 2 tbs.

18/Cashew & Pista (finely chopped)- 1 tbs (for garnish)

Method:-

1/Take a mixing bowl, add paneer & mawa rub them for 5-6 min,

2/Then add all the ingredients mention under *For  mothi* category.

3/Mix them well.

4/Make small small ball of these dough.

5/Stuff the balls with a raisin,

6/Then, fry them in medium hot oil. & keep them aside.

7/Now take a karai and add oil or gee to it, allow it to warm,

8/Add whole garam masala, and sugar stir it.

9/Add ginger paste stir it.

10/Add onion paste &  little water,

11/Now after a min add powder spices and stir until oil gets separated.

12/Now add cashew & melon paste, again add little water & mix it.

13/After stirring for 4-5 min, add bitten yogurt. Keep stirring, until the oil gets separated again.

14/Add little water, wait for a boil.

15/Now time to add the mothis, add them & cook for another 5-6 min.

16/Garnish the Mothi Korma with chopped cashew & pista.

Your mothi korma is ready. Enjoy it with paratha or kulcha.