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Delicate vegetable korma with cashews and apricots
Rich with flavour but not too spicy, Anjum Anand's delicate vegetable korma with cashews and apricots from Sainsbury's magazine is the go-to dish for lovers of mild curries
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Ready in 45 minutes
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Cooking time 15 minutes
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Prep time 30 minutes
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Serves 4
Ingredients
- 1 small onion, quartered
- 50 g cashew nuts
- 40 g unblanched almonds
- 150 g natural yogurt
- 200 ml whole milk
- 4 tbsp double cream
- 50 g coconut cream
- 1 good pinch of saffron strands
- 1 tsp caster sugar
- seeds from 1 tsp cardamom pods, crushed
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 250 g cauliflower florets
- 1 red pepper, deseeded and cut into 2.5cm pieces
- 1 carrot, halved lengthways and cut into 1cm half moons
- 100 g oyster or chestnut mushrooms, quartered
- 75 g fine beans, cut in three
- 75 g frozen peas
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 ½ tsp cumin seeds
- 3 green chillies, pierced with the tip of a knife
- 25 g peeled root ginger, grated
- 3 fat cloves garlic, grated
- 8 dried apricots, quartered
Method
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1
Put the onion in a pan of boiling water and simmer for about 12 minutes, or until soft. Drain and set aside.
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2
Soak 40g of the cashews and all of the almonds in boiled water for 10 minutes. Drain and slip off the almond skins. In a food processor, whiz the onion, nuts, yogurt, milk, cream, coconut cream, saffron, sugar, crushed cardamom, cinnamon and garam masala to a paste with a little water.
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3
Put the cauliflower, pepper, carrot, mushrooms and beans in a large pan; add about 250ml water to come a quarter of the way up. Season, bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 4 minutes. Add the peas, cook for 30 seconds; tip everything into a bowl.
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4
Give the pan a wipe and return to the heat. Add the oil and, once hot, the remaining cashews; cook until golden. Remove with a slotted spoon and add to the vegetables. Add the cumin seeds to the pan. Once they darken, lower the heat and add the chillies, ginger and garlic. Cook gently for 1-2 minutes, scraping the pan if it starts to stick – add a splash of water if you think it might burn. Pour in the nut paste and bring to the boil. Cook for 5-6 minutes, uncovered, stirring often.
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5
Add the vegetables and cashews, removing them from the liquid with a slotted spoon. Add the apricots and 50ml of the vegetable cooking liquid to create a creamy curry. Heat and adjust the seasoning and sweetness to taste. Remove the whole chillies.
Cook's tip: you can use any veg you like, though the pepper adds a lovely flavour.
