Dry green peas curry is a delicious side dish that can go with anything. Dry Green Peas as you may know is a dried lentil, the Indian name is 'Vatana' . There is also a white version of the dried lentil. This is a very simple, quick, and easy recipe to make if you do not forget to soak the dried peas in water overnight or 5 to 6 hours in advance.
How to make dry green peas curry?
I directly fry all the ingredients in the pressure cooker, add water and cook it which saves time and an extra pan to wash:). The other variation can be to pressure cook the peas separately, use another pan for the seasonings, and then mix them both together. This goes well with roti or rice and tastes really awesome! Here's my version of the recipe :
Dry Green Peas Recipe
A tasty curry made with soaked dried green peas and spices based on Indian cuisine and goes well with Rotis Indian bread or rice
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Ingredients
- 1 medium sized onion cut finely
- 1 big ripe tomatoes diced
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 2 green chilies cut
- ½ bunch coriander leaves finely cut
- 1 tsp Kashmiri Red chilly powder
- 2-3 tsp Coriander powder
- ½ tsp turmeric
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 2 2 cloves
- ¼ inch ¼ inch cinnamon
- 3-4 tbsp vegetable oil
- 14 tsp garam masala
Instructions
- Take a pressure cooker and heat 3 to 4 tsp oil.
- Add the cumin seeds, cloves and cinnamon when hot.
- Next, add onion and ginger-garlic paste.
- sautée for a few minutes and add the diced tomatoes till oil leaves the sides of the pressure cooker.
- Next, add all the spiced powders and take care to reduce the flame to avoid burning.
- Add salt to taste and the soaked green peas.
- Fry for two more minutes.
- Add about ½ cup of water and close the pressure cooker lid and wait for a whistle.!
- Once the steam is released, adjust the water to the consistency you like and add garam masala powder.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.The dish is now ready to be served. Enjoy
Looks nice 🙂
Thank you Joshi!
Looks wonderful! I have never had this dish before. I imagine vatana are very different from regular green peas? I'm sure I can find them in a nearby shop. I will give this a try! 🙂
Yes indeed! I believe when the fresh peas mature on the vine and are then laid out to dry for a while we get the dried variety .I found more information here . Yes they can be found easily at any Indian grocery store and also at Walmart in the Asian grocery section sometimes .Please do try and let me know how you like it 🙂
Ah, interesting! So they're the same plant! Thanks very much for the information. I've learned something new haha. I will certainly be looking for these. I'm always excited to try out new ingredients! 😀
Thank you so much for visiting my blog and follow dear... Nice to know about you and your space 😊..Curry looks delicious 😊
Thank you so much Lathiya! for the kind words appreciate it!
I remember my mom made this when we kids ran errands! It's amazing to see how food can strike so many memories! 😀
That's so nice to know, I'm glad that brought back good old memories .Thank you!
Food is so much beyond food! Like I relate chai and coffee to certain moments of life... There's so much, food connects us with! Devine!
Absolutely right!!