Kaju lasan nu shaak
This is a famous recipe from Surat. Kaju lasan nu shaak is curry made by cooking cashew nuts along with spicy palak green gravy and mild flavours of green garlic.
- Category: Curry Recipes, Gujarati Recipes, Vegetable Recipes
Ingredients
- 1 cup cashew nuts
- 1 cup green garlic, chopped
- 1 cup palak, chopped
- 1/2 cup raw tomato, chopped
- 1/2 cup tomato, chopped
- 1 cup onion, chopped
- coriander leaves
- 1 piece ginger, 1/2 inch long, chopped
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 caradamom
- 1 cinammon, small piece
- 5 black peppercorns
- 2 cloves
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 3 green chillies, chopped
- Curry leaves
- oil
- garam masala
- 2 teaspoons melon seeds / magajtari
- malai / cream
Instructions
- Heat a tbsp oil. Roast half cashew nuts till light brown. Remove and keep aside.
- In same oil, roast dry spices - black pepper corns, cinnamon,cardamom, cloves, bay leaves, and cumin seeds along with ginger and green chilies.
- Add oil and cook till changes to light brown.
- Add raw tomatoes and red tomatoes. Cook till tomatoes are cooked.
- Add unroasted cashew nuts and melon seeds.
- Add spinach leaves and cook till leaves appear blanched.
- Allow to cook and grind to smooth paste into green gravy. Keep aside.
- Heat 1 tbsp oil in another pan. Splutter cumin seeds.
- Add gravy and roast for 3-5 minutes till oil separates.
- Now add green garlic and mix. Continue cookinng for 4-5 minutes.
- Add coriander leaves and mix.
- Add malai and adjust consistency with water.
- Adjust taste with salt and garam masala.
- Add roasted cashew nuts and continue cooking for 5 minutes.
- Serve Kaju lasan nu shaak hot with roti.