Vegetable jalfrezi is a mildly spiced up and sizzling vegetable recipe with an array of vegetables like carrots, peas, capsicum, cauliflower etc embodied in a mildly spiced gravy. The vegetable jalfrezi is a special dish which may be served to guests on gatherings and parties.
Ingredients:
Onions 350g
Cashew nuts ¼ cup
Kashmiri red chilly 150 g
Green chilly 75g
Salt
Butter ½ cup
Tomatoes 1500 g
Sugar 2 ts
Whole garam masala (each) 8g
Ginger garlic paste 1 tb
Kasoori methi 1/8 cup
Vegetables (beans, carrot, baby corn, bell peppers) 100 g
Onion 1 n
Bell peppers (red, green, yellow) 50 g
Garam masala 1 ts
Spring onions (optional) 1 tb
Coriander chopped ½ b
Cream 1 ts
Ingredients:
Add whole garam masala in the muslin cloth and tie it. Heat butter in a pressure cooker and put the garam masala sachet in it, add onions cashew nuts, sauté it for 5 minutes, then add salt, ginger garlic paste, cook this till raw flavour is gone.
Add colour giving chilli or Kashmiri red chilly, green chilly, tomatoes, mix it well and put the lid on and let it cook for 15 to 20 minutes in a slow flame (5 to 6 whistles). Let it cool down, remove the sachet & using strainer drain out the water and put the onion and tomato into the blender and blend them and make a paste and again strain it, after straining all, discard the seeds and peels of tomato.
Cook the strained paste of tomatoes and onions for 20 minutes then add salt, sugar as required , mix it and add toasted kasoori methi (crush it with hands) once it comes to boil switch off the flame. Cool it and store in small containers in refrigeration conditions. Use this makhani gravy in many veg and non veg dishes.
Heat butter in a pan add parboiled vegetables cut them into lengthwise (carrot, beans, baby corns) saute this and add onions, bell peppers (red, green, yellow) sauté this for some time and add makhani gravy and cook this for 5 minutes and add garam masala, spring onions (optional), chopped coriander, toss it and add cream and mix it, switch off the flame.