Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Aloo Mutter


Ingredients:
Potatoes - 5 (medium sized)
Peas - 1 cup
Onion - 3 (chopped lenghtwise)
Tomato - 3 (chopped lengthwise)
Coriander(dhania) seeds - 1 tbsp
Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
Chilli powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam masala powser - 1/2 tsp
Garlic - 3 cloves
Ginger - 1 inch piece
Ghee - 2 tsp
Oil - 1 tsp
Coriander leaves
Salt

Method:
1. Pressure cook potatoes and peas. No need to mash the potatoes. (You can cut them in to bite size pieces).
2. Fry cumin seeds and coriander seeds without oil for a minute and keep it aside.
3. Heat oil in a pan, fry ginger, garlic followed by 3/4 of the chopped onion till the onion is tender. 4. Cool the above fried ingredients and grind it along with the fried cumin seeds, coriander seeds and 3/4 of the chopped tomatoes in to a fine paste.
5. Heat ghee in a pan, add the remaining onion fry till golden brown.
6. Add the chopped tomatoes fry till the tomatoes are cooked.
7. Add the ground paste, turmeric powder, chilli powder, garam masala, salt and fry for 5 minutes.
8. Now add the boiled potatoes and peas and cook for another 5 mins.
9. Garnish with coriander leaves. Yummy Aloo mutter is ready to be served with rotis/rice.

Note: You can also fry the cumin seeds and coriander seeds with the onions rather than frying them seperately.

2 comments:

desie said...

everything sounds delicious!

Suji L said...

Thank you, Desie.