Mixed Vegetable Kurma

Ingredients needed for Vegetable Kurma
2 cups mixed vegetables
2 Onions cut length-wise
2 Green chilies cut length-wise
1 tsp Coriander powder
1 1/4 tsp Salt / to your taste
one pinch Turmeric powder
1/2" Cinnamon stick
2 Clove
2 Cardamom
1/2 cup freshly grated coconut
4 green chillies
1 tsp Khus-Khus (poppy seeds)
1/2 tsp garlic paste
1/2 tsp ginger paste

How to prepare Mixed Vegetable Kurma?
Heat oil in a wide bottommed kadai / fry pan.
As the oil gets hot, add cinnamon, cloves and cardamom and fry for 2-3 minutes.
Add onions and green chilies and fry till onions turn golden brown.
Add garlic and ginger paste to the pan and fry for a minute or so. Add vegetables and fry for about 3 minutes.
Add 2 cups water and let the vegetables to get tender.
Grind Coconut, gren chillies, soaked Khus Khus to a smooth paste.
Add the coconut paste to the curry with salt and stir well.
Cover and simmer the flame till a nice aroma comes and the gravy seems to be of the correct thickness as per your taste.
Serve with Chappathis, Idlis, Pooris etc.

Points to Note : 
If you like the Kurma less hot, lessen the number of chillies used while grinding the coconut.
The Kurma goes well with fried rice and Pulaos too.