Veg Handi Recipe

Time and servings

Prep time	15 min
Cook time	20 min
Total time	35 min
Serves	4 servings

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About

It is a classical North Indian cuisine mixed vegetable curry prepared using a traditional clay pot known as handi. Mixed Veg Handi gets its name from the traditional clay pot used to prepare curry. As such there are no additional ingredients or cooking techniques, but the use of a clay pot makes it special and gives a unique taste to it. It can be best served with a range of Indian flatbreads, but the best choice is garlic naan, tandoori roti, and jeer rice. Traditionally, Mixed Veg Handi or Veg Diwani Handi is prepared and served in North Indian or Punjabi dhabas. The roadside dhabas typically use basic and less fancy crockeries to cook most of the curries and recipes. Hence most of the curries started getting the name with the technique or utensils associated with it. Handi curry is one such recipe where the name is mainly associated with the way it is prepared.

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Ingredients

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for onion-tomato paste:

• 2 tsp oil
• 1 medium sized onion (roughly chopped)
• 1 inch ginger (finely chopped)
• 2 garlic cloves (roughly chopped)
• 2 large tomato (finely chopped)
• 7 cashews (whole)

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vegetables:

• 1 carrot (chopped)
• ½ cup gobi / cauliflower (florets)
• ½ capsicum (thinly sliced)
• 1 potato (cubed)
• ¼ cup peas / matar
• 5 beans (chopped)

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other ingredients:

• 2 tsp oil
• 1 bay leaf / tej patta
• 1 inch cinnamon stick / dalchini
• 5 cloves / lavang
• ¼ tsp turmeric powder / haldi
• 1 tsp kashmiri red chili powder
• ½ tsp coriander powder / dhaniya powder
• ¼ tsp cumin powder / jeera powder
• salt to taste
• ½ cup curd / yogurt
• 2 cups water
• 1 tsp kasuri methi / dry fenugreek leaves (crushed)
• 1 tbsp cream / malai
• ½ tsp garam masala
• 2 tbsp coriander leaves (finely chopped)

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Instructions

1. firstly, heat oil and saute onions till they change colour.
2. also saute ginger and garlic.
3. further add roughly chopped tomatoes, cashews and saute well.
4. cool down the mixture completely and blend smooth.
5. in the same kadai, heat oil and saute bay leaf, cinnamon stick and cloves.
6. now add chili powder and turmeric and saute.
7. pour the prepared onion-tomato paste and cook.
8. furthermore, add coriander powder, cumin powder and salt.
9. add curd keeping and stir continuously.
10. now add mixed vegetables and water.
11. cover and cook the vegetables for 15 minutes.
12. add crushed kasuri methi, cream, garam masala and coriander leaves. mix well.
13. finally, serve veg handi or veg diwani handi with tandoori roti, naan or rice.

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Onion tomato paste recipe

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Mix veg handi recipe

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Video

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Notes

• firstly, add vegetables of your choice, like broccoli, paneer and corn.
• additionally, prepare veg handi in butter for more rich flavour.
• instead of cooking vegetables in gravy, steam the vegetables and later add to gravy to hasten cooking time.
• finally, veg handi or veg diwani handi taste more royal when prepared with cashew and almond paste.