Peas masala recipe
Peas Masala is a delightful North Indian curry featuring green peas simmered in a rich, spiced tomato-onion gravy. Tempered with cumin seeds, ginger, garlic, and aromatic spices like turmeric, coriander, and garam masala, it delivers a perfect balance of savory and mildly sweet flavors. This flavorful dish pairs wonderfully with roti, naan, rice, or parathas and makes for a comforting meal option.
Ingredients
- Green peas 1 cup
- Onion 1
- Tomato 1
- Coriander leaves a handful
- Garlic 4 cloves
- Green chili 3-4
- Cashew nuts 5-6
- Yogurt 1 tbsp.
- Kastoori Methi 2 pinches
- Garam masala 1/2 tsp
- Milk 1/2 cup
- Salt as needed
- Oil 2 tblsp
Instructions
- Soak the cashew in warm water for 10 minutes and grind this along with yogurt into a smooth paste.
- Chop the onions and tomato roughly. In a pan, add 1 tbsp of oil and add the onions, tomatoes, coriander leaves, green chilli and garlic and sauté for a few minutes till it shrinks.
- Grind the onion tomato mixture into a fine paste.
- In a pan add oil and add the onion paste and add the cashew yogurt paste. Mix well and sauté for few minutes in a low flame.
- Add the frozen peas, garam masala and Kastoori Methi.
- If adding fresh peas, cook this separately and add.
- Add the1/2 cup water to this to get a gravy consistency. Add salt. Let this boil for 5-7 minutes, till the peas gets cooked (if using frozen peas) and to get the masala blended with the gravy.
- Add the milk to the gravy.
- Let this come to one boil.
- Switch off the flame.
- Green peas masala is ready to serve.
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