White Kurma

White Kurma with idiyappam is my all time favorite tiffin item that I usually order whenever I go to Saravana bhavan and Balaji bhavan in chennai......the specialty of this is the slight sweet taste of the coconut & cashews used......it can be had with idiyappam, chappathi, appam or even rice......so here goes the recipe for White Kurma....
Ingredients:
Onion- chopped- 1 big
Tomato- chopped- 1/2 tomato
vegetables- 2 cups-(cauliflower, peas, potato,carrot, beans)
chilly powder-1/2 tsp
Dhania powder- 1 tbsp
Green chilly- 3 or 4
coconut- 3 tbsp
cashewnuts- 4
Poppy seeds- 1 tbsp
coconut milk- 1 /2 cup
Ginger garlic paste- 1 tbsp
salt to taste

For tempering:
oil
Fennel seeds/ Saunf- 1 tbsp
Curry leaves- few
cinnamon stick- 1 piece

Method:
Add the saunf & cinnamon to hot oil and when nice aroma comes, add the curry leaves followed by chopped onions, green chilly and ginger/garlic paste. Saute' this nicely. then add chopped half a tomato(do not add more tomato in order to get the white color for the kurma). Then add the chopped vegetables, salt to taste, dhania powder & a pinch of chilly powder. cover and cook for 3-5 mins. In the meantime, make a paste of coconut, poppy seeds and cashwenuts & add to the cooked veggies. Cook this for about 2 mins. Then in the end add half a cup coconut milk and turn off the stove in a min. Garnish with cilantro leaves.
Yummy white kurma is ready!!!