Anitha Jayaraman

When I was small, I used to stay away from Kurma but now I think I am OK. The reason being I do not prefer the masala flavor all times, I know I am a specimen -:)

Anyway I made this as a side dish for the Vegetable Biryani. I used only white peas.

Required Items – 1/2 onion, 1 big tomato, ginger, garlic, green chillies, red chillies(optional), 1 cup grated coconut, seasoning masala items(bay leaf, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves fennel seeds, etc) & some kind of peas(bean) and/or vegetables(cauliflower, potatoes)

• Boil the peas and/or vegetables using a pressure cooker and keep it aside. Add salt while boiling.
• Cut onions, tomatoes, garlic, ginger, green chillies into pieces. Not required to be tiny pieces as we are anyways going to grind them.
• Fry them in oil for sometime until they start shrinking to get rid of their raw taste.
• Cool the mixture and grind them using a mixie. While grinding add grated coconut.
• Grind it to a paste. Not required to be really thick.
• Now add some oil to a pan and fry the seasoning items.
• To this add the paste and stir for sometime. Add water to make it like a concentrated soup.
• Now add the peas and/or vegetables.
• Add required salt and let it cook until the peas gets the flavor.