Looking for recipe: NAVRATNA KORMA

[tbear1923]

Hey guys anyone know of a recipe for this. Had it at a local Indian restaurant and it was so good!

[patissac]

Don't you just love google.com? Check it out!

http://www.bawarchi.com/contribution/contrib5371.html

[tbear1923]

thanks for the tip, but I am looking for who might have a recipe they have tried before....That google recipe was nothing like what i had at the restaurant and the restaurant is very authentic.

[sandee]

Sorry I can't help (mini-hijack), but along the same lines, i'm looking for a really good authentic general Indian cookbook. Can anyone help? I tried Foods of India which has nice photos, but it didn't taste authentic.

I thought I heard that Madhur Jaffrey was good...Anyone have an other recommendations?

[badunnin]

Originally posted by tbear1923
thanks for the tip, but I am looking for who might have a recipe they have tried before....That google recipe was nothing like what i had at the restaurant and the restaurant is very authentic.


Could you give us a hint as to what the dish was like?

[Suncoupons]

and every family makes it in their special way.

Can you describe the dish (ie texture, color, vegetables and predominant flavor) and I will see if I have a recipe at home that matches it.

I'm from South India and we make our Kormas a bit different than those you find in the North Indian restaurants. (which are the majority of what you find in the US)

Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Oh, and for a general Indian cooking book, I would recommend Madhur Jaffrey, and Neelam Batra. Also there is an excellent cookbook by Monica Bhide.

Hope this helps!

Savita:D

[AdGirl]

If you end up wanting to use a search, it might help to try "NavaratAN Korma" (not NavaratNA korma). I've always heard it/seen it the first way and I'm pretty sure it's correct.

Nava means nine
Ratan means jewels
Korma is a curry usually based on cream and/or ground nuts

Therefore, a creamy curry made with nine types of vegetables is navaratan korma...

My mom makes a great navaratan korma but since it's so fattening, I only eat it when she makes it and don't have the recipe. Sorry!

I also recomment Madhur Jaffrey's books. They tend to call for WAY too much oil, but just scale it down and the rest of the recipe is great!

[tabbykat]

I too am looking for this recipe. I had it at a local Indian restaurant: creamy tomato-ish sauce with vegetables (green beans, corn, etc) had a slight sweet taste. Was so good. Am also looking for recipe for Saag Paneer. I looked up those three authors for Indian cookbooks and found them on Amazon. Can anyone suggest one book of each of these authors that would be their top favorite?

[doggerham]

I will reccommend once again Suneeta Vaswani's "Easy Indian Cooking". She wrote this in conjunction with the Heart Institute at St. Luke's (in Houston), and the oil and fat is greatly reduced. She also has spent a lot of time teaching Indian cooking around the country and has based the book on ingredients we can actually get -- although she does suggest a field trip to your local Indian grocery if you are lucky enough to have one.

http://www.amazon.com/Easy-Indian-Cooking-Suneeta-Vaswani/dp/0778800881