Dhaba Style Matar Masala | Green Peas Curry Recipe

Ingredients

Oil - 1 Tbsp

Whole Spices (Cinnamon, Clove, Cardamom & Stone Flower)

Onion - 1 No. Chopped

Green Peas - 1 Cup

Turmeric Powder - 1/4 Tsp

Kashmiri Chili Powder - 2 Tsp

Salt - 1 Tsp

Tomato Puree (4nos Tomatoes Blanched)

Water

Sugar - 1 Tsp

Garam Masala - 1/2 Tsp

Kasuri Methi

For Green Chili Paste

Green Chili - 4 Nos

Garlic - 6 Cloves Chopped

Ginger - A Piece Chopped

For Onion Cashew Paste

Oil - 1 Tbsp

Onion - 2 Nos

Cashew Nut - 10 Nos

Method

1. To make ginger chili paste – grind 4 green chills, 6 cloves chopped garlic, a piece of chopped garlic and grind it to a fine paste by adding some required water.

2. To make onion cashew paste – add oil to a hot pan, 2 roughly chopped onions, 10 cashews, then allow the mixture to cool and grind it to a fine paste with little water.

3. Heat the pan, add some oil, whole spices (cinnamon, cloves, cardamom pods and stone flower), finely chopped 1 onion, 2 spoons of ginger chili paste and 1 cup of fresh peas.

4. Add ¼ spoon of turmeric powder, 2 spoons of Kashmiri chili powder,1 spoon of salt, 4 tomato puree which has been blanched and add water as required.

5. Cook it for about 15 min with the lid closed.

6. Add 1 spoon of sugar, ½ spoon of garam masala.

7. Once the oil gets separated from the dish, add the onion cashew paste.

8. Finally, add some crushed Kasturi methi.

9. Serve it hot with some roti or chapati.