This vegetable kurma tastes best when the vegetables are crunchy and not over cooked and is well balanced with mild flavors from spices and fresh coconut. In almost every notable South Indian hotel and restaurant in the city, this vegetable kurma is served as a side dish with puris, chapati, and parotta, and with iddiyapam, apam, for breakfast and dinner. Try this once..... Ingredients... 2 onions 2-3 green chillies 1 tsp ginger garlic paste 3 cups mixed small cut 9 types of vegetables 1/2 cup milk 2 tbsp yogurt optional 2 tsp coriander powder / malli podi 1/2 tsp cumin / jeera 1/2 tsp black mustard seeds 1/4 tsp fennel seeds 2 string curry leaves 1 tbsp oil 2 tsp ghee Salt to taste For paste..... 4 cloves 2 ″ cinnamon stick 2 cardamom pods 5-6 cashew nuts 2 green chillies 1/4 cup grated coconut Preparations...... Add the ingredients under the list “to grind” into a small mixie jar or spice grinder. Grind to a smooth paste with water. I added about 1/2 cup water while grinding but