Veg Kadai with Sesame

the veggies...!

INGREDIENTS

Vegetable Mix

• 50gms Potato, cut into cubes
• 50gms Carrot, sliced
• 50gms Green Peas
• 50gms Beans, sliced
• 50gms Capsicum, cut into cubes
• 50gms Paneer, cut into cubes
• 50gms Onion, cut into cubes

For the Ground Masala

• 2-3 Dry Red Chillies, or as per taste
• 1 Tspn Black Pepper Corns
• Whole Garam Masala (1-2 of each kind)
• 1 Tspn Corainder Seeds
• 1 Tspn Cumin Seeds
• 1 Tbspn Sesame Seeds



the roasted dry mix ...!




• 1 Tspn Kasuri Methi

• Oil, for cooking
• 1 Medium Onion, thinly sliced
• 1 Tbspn Ginger Garlic paste
• 1 Tspn Turmeric
• 1 Medium Tomato, pureed
• 1 Green Chilly, or as per taste
• 1 Tspn Sugar
• Salt, as per taste

METHOD

Boil the beans, carrots, peas and potato in water till they are cooked. Keep aside.
Heat a pan and add the dry chillies, black peppercorns, whole garam masala, coriander seeds, cumin seeds and sesame seeds. Dry roast them on a slow flame. Then add the kasuri methi and roast for another minute. Blend all the dry roasted ingredients to a coarse powder. Keep aside.

the coarsely ground mix...!

Add oil to the now empty pan and add the sliced onions. Cook till onions caramerlize.
Add the ginger garlic paste and saute till raw flavour vanishes. To this, add the coarsely ground masala. Save about a tspn for garnishing.
Add the salt, sugar, tumeric, green chillies and tomato puree. Mix well and cover with a lid. Stir occasionally and cook till oil starts oozing. Add the raw capsicum and onion cubes. Cook for a couple of minutes.
Add a cup of water. Add the rest of the vegetables and paneer. Mix well and simmer for another 5-6 minutes.
Sprinkle some of the leftover dry ground masala and chopped coriander leaves.
Goes very well with roti's and plain rice.