Topic started by heather (@ icg181.metronet.com) on Tue Mar 6 15:36:12 .
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anybody have a good recipe for this nine vegetable curry?

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• From: Hemant (@ 203.197.150.234) on: Thu Mar 8 06:17:43
  
  Hi Heather,
  Do you mean NAVRATAN KORMA?
  N.R Korma is different from Mix Vegetable curry.
  Mix veg. curry has more number of vegetables than Navratan Korma.
  If you want, please clearify and I will post the recipe.
  
  
• From: ankur (@ ) on: Thu Apr 17 11:01:48
  
  hi could u tell me a bit about on the history of navratab korma and why is it called navaratn ???
  
  
• From: funcook (@ tor-58-26a-209197168092.3web.net) on: Mon Apr 28 22:09:54 EDT 2003
  
  Hello Ankur!
  
  Navrattan khorma/kurma is supposedly a tribute to Emperor Akbar's cabinet of nine ministers.
  
  That's as far as it goes. The rest is all made up.
  
  I doubt if this was even made in those days. Navrattan meaning nine jewels represents the nine different vegetables to some or a mix of vegetables and dry fruits.
  Normally cooked in a mild flavored sauce enriched with cream and butter.
  
  There is also the Murgh Navrattan - which is supposedly garnished with nine different nuts and raisins.
  
  However the term Khorma is misused almost all over in Indian cuisine. Originally meant to be a meat based dish cooked with ghee, it involved cooking till all fat separated with hardly any runny sauce around.
  
  Its origins are in Persian foods, popularised by the Moghuls.
  
  
  

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