Dry green peas curry is a delicious side dish 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.
Why you will love this?
- The dried peas impart a nice flavor to the gravy along with onions and tomatoes and tastes very delicious.
- This is quick and easy to make and just needs the green peas to be soaked at least four to five hours before cooking.
- A great side dish with rotis, wheat bread, or even pathiris, ghee rice, vegetable biryani layered, Pudina Pulav(Mint rice).
Ingredients
- onion finely chopped
- ripe tomatoes diced
- ginger garlic paste
- green chilies cut
- coriander leaves finely cut
- spices - Kashmiri Red chilly powder, Coriander powder, turmeric, fresh garam masala
- whole spices cumin seeds cloves cinnamon
- vegetable oil
- Salt to taste
How to make dry green peas curry?
I directly fry all the ingredients in the pressure cooker, add water, and cook it, saving 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. This goes well with roti or rice and tastes awesome! Here's my version of the recipe :
Heat oil in a pressure cooker. 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 half a cup of water, close the pressure cooker lid, and wait for three to four whistles. 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.
Dry Green Peas Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 medium sized onion cut finely
- 1 big tomatoes ripe diced
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 2 green chilies cut
- ½ bunch coriander leaves finely cut
- 1 tsp red chilly powder Kashmiri
- 2-3 tsp roriander powder
- ½ tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cumin
- 2 cloves
- ¼ inch cinnamon
- 3-4 tbsp oil vegetable or avocado
- 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
Nutrition
If you loved this dish you may also love some other tomato and onion-based gravies like Channa Masala, and Rajma Masala.
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!!
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!
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 Joshi!
Looks nice 🙂