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Thursday, 10 November 2016

Peas butter masala

Tasty peas butter masala .. Can be taken as a side dish for poori or rotti. It can also be used for sandwiching in between breads .

Serves - 2-3 people
Preparation time - under 10 minutes
Cooking time - under 25 minutes

INGREDIENTS:
Frozen or fresh green peas - 1 cup
Onion - 1 (If using Indian onion, you can use 3 medium no.)
Tomato - 2 (chopped)
Ginger garlic paste - 1 teaspoon
Curd - 1/4 cup
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Chilli powder - 3/4 teaspoon
Coriander powder - 3/4 teaspoon
Garam masala powder - 3/4 teaspoon
Salt - 1 teaspoon
Butter - 1 tablespoon
Oil - 1 teaspoon
Coriander leaves - for garnishing

METHOD:
1. In a pan, add 1 cup of water and add green peas and allow it to cook for 5 minutes(If you are using fresh green peas, it may take longer time to cook..Wait until the green peas are cooked). Filter the water and keep aside. You need this water later for the gravy.

2. In the same pan, add a teaspoon of oil , and add onions. Add pinch of salt and a pinch of sugar. Fry onions, till it turns golden brown.

3. Allow the onions to cool down. Grind them to a paste . You can add 2-3 table spoon of water, if you find difficult to grind (Use the filtered water which you have kept aside after cooking green peas).

4. In a pan, add a tablespoon of butter. Add ginger garlic paste and fry till the raw smell of ginger garlic is gone. Then add the onion paste to that. Also add turmeric powder,red chilli powder and corriander powder. Fry for about 3 to 4 minutes, till the raw smell is gone.

5. Now add chopped tomatoes,salt and fry for 5 minutes, till the tomatoes turn soft.

6. Now add the curd, cooked green peas, garam masala powder and the filtered water which you have kept aside after cooking peas. Allow all the contents to boil for 2 minutes and then switch off the gas stove.


7. Peas butter masala is ready ! ..Garnish with fresh coriander leaves!


8. Serve with rotti or poori !.

1 comment:

SUGUMAR said...

Peas butter masala is very good side dish for chappathi