Hey
friends!!! J I am going to cook a very simple
dish today…its aloo matar J I know, I know, I know many diet
conscious people won’t want to eat it because it contains potatoes :P but I
have included soya beans in it which has high amount of proteins in it which is
very good for health and its tasty also J here we go…..
Aloo
Matar
Preparation time: 10-15 mins
Cooking time: 8-10 mins
Serves: 5-6 people
INGREDIENTS:
- 2tbsp Oil (tel)
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds (jeera)
- 1 Onion (pyaz)
- 2 Tomatoes (tamatar)
- 5-6 Garlic Cloves (lahsun)
- 1 inch Ginger (adrak)
- 2 Green chilies (hari mirch)
- 1 cup Green peas (matar)
- 2 potatoes (aloo)
- 50 grams or 8-10 balls of soya bean (bhatma)---optional
- Salt (namak) to taste
- ½ tsp red chili powder (lal mirch)
- ½ tsp turmeric (haldi)
- 1 tsp coriander powder (dhania powder)
- 2 cups water
- Coriander to garnish
METHOD:
Preparation before cooking
- Grind together and make a paste of onion and garlic cloves.
- Grind together and make a paste of ginger and green chili.
- Grind and make puree of tomatoes.
- Peel and cut the potatoes in small cubes. Put it in a bowl of water so that the potatoes do not turn black.
- Put green peas and soya bean in the same bowl of water along with potatoes.
During cooking
- Now heat oil in a pressure cooker.
- Add cumin seeds and let it splutter.
- Add onion & garlic paste and fry it till becomes golden brown.
- Add tomato puree and let it cook till it leaves its sides.
- Add salt, chili powder, turmeric and coriander powder and mix well.
- Now add green peas, potatoes and soya bean (optional) and mix well.
- Cook for 5 minutes.
- Add water and close the pressure cooker with its lid.
- Cook till you hear 1 whistle from pressure cooker.
- Garnish with chopped coriander and serve with hot rotis J