Vellai Kurma/ White Mushroom Korma

This restaurant white korma is best sidedish for Idiyappam, Appam and Idli. Its usual to make white kurma with mixed vegetables I replaced mushrooms instead of veggies which tasted great. You can also serve this white korma with chapati, pulao or biryani.

White Korma

Ingredients

White button mushrooms- 2 packs( 400 gms)

Onion small( chopped)- 1 no

Ginger and Garlic paste- 1 tbsp

Curry leaves and Coriander leaves to garnish

Salt to taste

Oil- 2 tbsp

Water- 1 and 1/4 cups

Masala to grind

Grind below ingredients to smooth paste

Coconut grated- 1/4 cup

Green chilli- 5-6 nos

Fennel seeds/ Sombu- 1 tbsp

Kuskus/ Poppy seeds- 1 tbsp

For tempering( tadka)

Cinnamon stick- 1" piece

Cloves- 6 nos

Green cardamom- 4 nos

Mushroom Korma

Method 

Clean and quarter the mushrooms.

Heat oil in kadai add cinnamon, cloves and cardamom, fry until aroma rises. Add chopped onion and ginger garlic paste fry for few mins until onion turns transparent. Next add the quartered mushrooms, saute for few seconds. Now add ground masala paste, water and required salt. Mix well everything and simmer the korma on low heat for 5 mins. Finally garnish white kurma with curry and coriander leaves and serve hot.

Tips

Do not brown any ingredients while frying as it will change color of korma( gravy).

Try replacing mushrooms with fried paneer or parboiled vegetables.

Vellai Kurma

Paneer Pasta Recipe.

I'm very fond of eating pasta and I try lots of Indian Pasta versions to suit my family's taste buds. This Spicy Paneer Pasta is my family's favorite, pasta with spicy paneer sauce blends well and makes a delicious pasta meal. I had used minimal ingredients to prepare this Indian style pasta in few mins with delicious taste.

Paneer Pasta Recipe

Ingredients

Pasta- 340gms(1 box) ( I used rainbow rotini pasta)

Paneer- 250gms( Indian cottage cheese)

Onion large sliced- 1no

Tomato medium chopped- 3nos

Garlic cloves sliced- 4nos

Ginger and Garlic paste- 1tbsp

Red chilli powder- 1tsp + 1tsp

Everest Tandoori powder or Garam masala powder- 1tbsp

Coriander powder- 1tbsp

Salt to taste

Oil- 4 tbsp

Chopped coriander leaves and finely chopped tomato to garnish.

Spicy Paneer Pasta

Method

Cut the paneer into bite size pieces. In a small bowl mix ginger and garlic paste, tandoori masala powder, 1 tsp red chilli powder and 1/2 tsp salt. Marinate the paneer cubes in the prepared masala for 5 mins. By the time cook the pasta till al dente( firm) with little salt as per box instructions. 

Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan when hot fry the marinated paneer pieces until slightly browned. Drain the roasted paneer pieces and set aside. In the same pan add 2 tbsp more oil, add the sliced onion and garlic fry on medium heat until onion turn brown. Now add the chopped tomatoes, 1 tsp red chilli powder, coriander powder and saute till tomatoes are cooked and tender. Add the fried paneer cubes to the tomatoes and add 1 tsp salt and few tbsp water. Cook for few mins until slight gravy is formed. Add the cooked pasta to paneer gravy and toss well without breaking paneer cubes. Finally add chopped coriander and chopped tomatoes. Toss well pasta again and serve hot.

Indian Pasta recipe with Paneer