Recipe Aloo Matar

[Yorky]

Ingredients

• 1 Medium onion, chopped
• 2 tsp Ginger, chopped
• 2 tsp Garlic, chopped
• 1 Cinnamon stick, 100 mm long broken up
• 2 tblsp Olive oil or ghee
• ½ tsp Ground turmeric
• 2 tsp Ground cumin seeds
• ¾ tsp Chili powder (or cayenne pepper)
• ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 500 gm scrubbed and cubed potatoes (25 mm)
• 6 fresh whole green or red chillis
• 3 Tomatoes, peeled and chopped.
• 1 tsp tomato puree
• 1 tsp salt, or to taste
• 100 gm frozen peas
• Fresh coriander leaves.

Method

Liquidise the onion, ginger and garlic. Heat the oil or ghee in a wok and stir fry the onion mixture and the cinnamon until the mixture changes colour.(around 5 minutes). Reduce the heat and add the turmeric, cumin, chilli powder and black pepper.

Stir for around 1 minute, then add the potatoes and chillis. Stir fry for around 3 minutes then add the tomatoes, salt and tomato puree. Mix and add around 250 ml warm water and bring to the boil.

Cover tightly and simmer for around 10 minutes (the potatoes should be half cooked). Add the peas and cook, covered, for a further 10 minutes or until the potatoes are cooked through.

Remove the cinnamon and serve garnished with coriander leaves.

 

[Francesca]

@Yorky

Absolutely wonderful.

Have a lovely weekend ..