Baby Corn Dry Fruits Gravy by Jayalakshmi Venkatesan

Ingredients

For dry fruits paste:

50 gm. Cashew nuts 

50 gm. Skinless almonds 

2 tsp sunflower seeds

2 tsp poppy seeds

1 cup fried onions 

Method:

Soak all above ingredients except onion in water for 5 hrs.

Cut onion in small length, fry them in cooking oil until golden brown

Add all the dry fruits in the mixer add fried onions, grind it until loose paste

Add a little bit of water if required.

Dry fruits paste is ready 

Ingredients for gravy:

2 tsp olive oil

1 tsp ghee

100 ml cooking oil

200 gm. Baby corn

2-3 bay leaf

1 black cardamom

1 cinnamon

3 cloves

1 tsp cumin seeds

2 green chillies

1 tsp ginger garlic paste

3 tsp tomato puree

1 tsp coriander powder

2 tsp red chilli powder

1 tsp garam masala

2 tsp curd

Salt to taste

Pinch of saffron soaked in milk 

Kasuri methi

Method:

1. Take olive oil in a pan, once the pan is heated add baby corn and sauté until a little golden brown.

2. Heat the pan with ghee and oil add all the spices

3. Add green chillies and ginger garlic paste 

4. Add tomato puree and mix it well

5. Add coriander powder and red chilli powder 

6. Mix it well until masalas leave the oil

7. Add dry fruits paste and mix it well

7. You may add water if you want the gravy 

8. Cook it for 15 min. until the raw flavour is gone 

9. Add curd and salt as per taste 

10. Add garam masala

11. Add saffron soaked in milk

12. Add crushed kasuri methi

13. Mix it well and add sautéd baby corn

14. Baby corn dry fruits gravy is ready to serve 

15. Garnish with fresh cream, fried onion and fried baby corns