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Aloo Mattar (6 portions)














Ingredients

Quantity
Potatoes
450gms
Peas
450gms
Onions
250gms
Ginger
10gms
Garlic
30gms
Turmeric
a pinch
Chilli powder
5gms
Coriander powder
10gms
Cumin powder
a small pinch
Tomatoes
225gms
Curds
60ml
Cashewnuts
15gms
Garam masala
a pinch
Fat
100gms


Chop onions. Grind ginger and garlic into a smooth paste. Boil potatoes. Peel and cut into quarters. Shell peas. Fry peas and potatoes. Remove. Fry onions, ginger-garlic paste and spices (chilli powder, turmeric, coriander and cumin). Add blanched tomatoes and simmer till spices are cooked. Add well beaten curds, potatoes and peas and water, if required, and simmer till gravy is thick. Add garam masala powder and remove.

N. B.      If tomatoes are sour, reduce the quantity of curds to 30ml.