Aloo Mutter

Ingredients:

• Aloo/potato (M) – 1 number
• Tomato (M) – 2 numbers
• Peas (frozen) – ½ cup
• Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
• Ginger garlic paste – 1tsp
• Hing – 2 pinches
• Ghee and oil – 2 tbsp
• Red chili powder – 1 tsp / to taste
• Coriander powder – 1 tsp
• Plain/Pav bhaji garam masala – 1 tsp
• Besan / chickpeas flour (optional) – 1 tbsp
• Coriander leaves – few
• Salt – to taste
• Sugar (optional) – 1 tsp

• Grind the onion, ginger and garlic into paste. Grind the Tomato as Puree.
• Take a pressure cooker, heat the butter and oil. Add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds. When it splutters, add ground paste and sauté until the raw smell is gone.

• Add the chopped potato and peas and mix it well. Then add the dry powders, salt, sugar and enough water to cook. Mix it well. Pressure cook it for 2 whistles. Let it cool.

• Open the pressure cooker and check the consistency. If it is too watery, add the Besan in a small cup and mix it with little water and pour it and bring in to boil for 2 minutes.
• Garnish it with coriander leaves.
• [OR]
• You can follow the same process using the sauce pan. It take little longer time.
• Serve it hot with Roti/Rice/Parata/Naan.

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Note:

• If you use fresh peas, soak it overnight and add it while cooking.
• You can make this dish without onion, ginger and garlic paste. The taste will be good as well.