Vegetable Makhanwala

Submitted by bragz

"Vegetables simmered in a rich tomato-based gravy. The best thing about this dish that its made fully in the microwave."

 

• Ready In: 24mins
• Ingredients: 18
• Serves: 3-4

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup French beans, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 1⁄2 cup carrot, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 1⁄2 cup green peas
• 1⁄2 cup cauliflower floret
• 1 onion, sliced
• 1⁄4 cup baby corn, sliced
• 1⁄2 inch ginger
• 3 cloves garlic
• 3 large tomatoes, sliced
• 1⁄4 teaspoon turmeric powder (haldi)
• 1 teaspoon garam masala
• 4 tablespoons cream
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi)
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 4 tablespoons butter
• salt

• For the garnish

• 1 tablespoon chopped coriander
• 1 teaspoon butter

directions

1. Combine the onion,ginger,garlic, tomatoes, turmeric powder and chilli powder in a microwave bowl and microwave on HIGH for 4 minutes Blend this mixture in a liquidiser to get a smooth puree.
2. Keep aside.
3. Put 2 tablespoons of butter and the cumin seeds in another glass bowl and microwave on HIGH for 1 minute.
4. Add the french beans,carrots, green peas, baby corn and cauliflower, cover with a lid and microwave on HIGH for 5 minutes.
5. Keep aside.
6. In another glass bowl, add the remaining butter, cooked puree, veggies, garam masala, cream, sugar, kasuri methi and salt and mix well.
7. Microwave on HIGH for 4 minutes.
8. Serve hot garnished with the coriander and butter.

Reviews

[Charishma_Ramchandani]

Hi Bragz! As soon as I saw this recipe this evening, I knew that very instant, that this was going to be our dinner tonight. I really love this dish and my parents were so amazed at the flavour, they've passed on a special "THANK YOU" to you. Now about a few changes I had to do to this recipe: 1) I didn't have greenpeas and baby corn tonight, so, I substituted those with 1 yellow bell pepper(finely chopped). 2) I feel that this recipe calls for a lot more butter(fat) than is really required. I used exactly half of the quantity mentioned - I used 2 tbps., but, not of butter, I used our cooking oil as nobody at home loves butter. I feel that the garnishing at the end with 1 tsp. butter is absolutely unnecessary. Also, in step 3, I omitted the butter. 3) I used 6 tbsps. of low-fat yogurt(beaten) instead of cream for a less fatening alternative. 4)In step 7, you've said to microwave for 4 minutes. I did that. But, when the time was up, I tasted the French beans and it still wasn't wholly cooked. So, I cooked the entire dish for 5 more minutes. Hence, my total cooking time came up to 19 minutes and not 14. This made 4 servings for us. 5) You forgot to mention the quantity of red chilli powder and cumin seeds. I used a little less than 1/2 tsp. of red chilli powder and 1 tbsp. of cumin seeds. 6) I used 1 tsp. salt as well. I was most happy that this dish was really easy to make in the microwave! Thanks for sharing. Will definitely make more often :-)

 

[jmerwamer]

Wonderful flavor! I was really able to come close to making that same wonderful dish I had in Mysore, India. I did not cook mine in the microwave. I did it all on the stovetop. I cooked instruction #1 on Medium until quite soft, then let it cool a couple minutes before pureeing in food processor. Before returning it to the pan, I cooked #3 for 1 minute on Med-HI (substituting fenugreek seeds for the cumin seeds) then added the puree. I used different vegetables than the recipe, adding potatos first and when they were almost done (about an hour), added green beans, carrot, red bell pepper, and half of a hot pepper and cooked for about 20 minutes. Added step #8 and cooked for 15 minutes. Did not garnish, served over basmati rice. I had to use fenugreek seeds since I could not find leaves nearby. Overall, this took a couple of hours. Everyone loved it and I will make it this way again. Will get some paneer for next time. Made 6 servings.

 

[Mrs Beeton wannabe]

Bragz my man!!! You are good. I cooked this last week (but only got a chance to rate now-sorry) and it was great. You are a working girls best friend! It did cook faster than you said as my micro is fast, and veggies really fresh out the garden. I used butterghee as I felt oil wouldn't do justice to a dish called Makhanwala! Thanks again!

 

[bragz]

(This is in reply to Charishma aunty's review) I forgot to mention that for a low fat version of the dish you can substitute the butter mentioned for 1 tablespoon of cooking oil. As for the preparation time, I'm afraid you'll have to take into account the power of your microwave.I use an 800 watt microwave.Anyway, thank you for rating my recipe. It is a one of the regular recipes at our home and I'm glad you enjoyed it.