Spicy Vegetable Kurma

Ingredients:
Assorted Veggies - 2 cups (finely chopped - carrot, beans, peas and potato)
Onion - 1 (medium size - finely chopped)
Tomato - 2 (medium size)
Curd - 1 tablespoon
Turmeric pwd - 1/2 tsp
Curry Leaves - 10
Coriander leaves - 1/4 cup (finely chopped)
Mint leaves - 4 (Pudhina)
Oil - 2 tsp
Salt

To grind:
Coconut - 1/4 cup
Ginger - 1/2 cm piece
Garlic - 4 cloves
Dry red chillies - 6
Cinnamon - 1/2 inch
Fennel seeds - 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
Pepper - 1/2 tsp
Coriander seeds - 2 tsp
Cashew nuts - 3
Cloves - 3 (Grambu)

Method:
1. Fry dry red chillies, cinnamon, fennel seeds, cumin seeds, pepper, coriander seeds, cloves and cashew nuts in a frying pan without oil for a minute.
2. Grind the fried ingredients, coconut, ginger, garlic to a fine paste with little amount of water.
3. Heat oil in a pressure cooker, fry onion until it is done.
4. Add curry leaves and tomato and fry for 2 mins.
5. Now add curd and the ground paste and fry for a minute.
6. Now add the veggies, turmeric powder and a little amount of water.
7. Pressure cook for one whistle.
8. When it is cooked, garnish with coriander and mint leaves.
9. Serve hot with chapathis/parathas/puris.