Matar Ka Nimona

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5 from 5 votes

Matar Ka Nimona

Matar Ka Nimona- Mild and flavourful curry made with crushed fresh peas and potatoes

Prep Time15

Cook Time20

Total Time35

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Uttar Pradesh Cuisine

Keyword: matar ka nimona, matar recipe, nimona recipe

Servings: people

Calories: 676kcal

Author: Anjana Chaturvedi

Ingredients

250 gms fresh peas shelled
2 medium Potatoes / Aloo boiled
10 Cauliflower /phool gobhi florets/phool
1 tbsp Green Chillies / Hari Mirch chopped
1 tsp Ginger / Adrak chopped
2 tbsp Fresh Coriander / Cilantro / Hara Dhaniya
1/3 cup Tomato / Tamatar chopped
1/3 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
1/2 tsp Pepper Powder / Kali Mirch
to taste Salt / Namak
1.5 tbsp Clarified Butter / Desi Ghee

Tempering/ tadka/waghar

4 tbsp Mustard Oil / Sarson ka tel
1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
1/4 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
1 Bay Leaves / Tej Patta
1 Cloves / Lavang
2 Green Cardamom / Hari Elaichi

Instructions

Boil enough water in a pan ,when it start boiling add peas and a pinch of sugar and boil for 2-3 minutes.
Drain the peas and keep aside.
Grind together coriander, tomato, green chilies and ginger and make a paste and take out in a bowl.
Now roughly grind the blanched peas and keep aside(use very little water while grinding)
Heat oil in a wide and heavy bottom pan.
Add the cauliflower florets and shallow fry them till it get cooked slightly and the edges become golden.drain and keep aside
Now add chopped potatoes and cook on medium heat for 1 minute then drain.
Add all the tempering in the pan and stir till cumin become golden.
Add the ground coriander paste in the pan and saute for about 2 minutes.
Now add the ground pea paste and saute for 2-3 minutes
Add pepper powder and turmeric and about 3 cups of water and mix well.(amount of water depends on the thickness of gravy you want to have,so add according to that)
When this mixture start boiling add potatoes, cauliflower and salt and cook on medium heat without covering the pan.(to retain the green colour of peas.)
Cook for about 5 minutes,but don't stir too much and take care not to break the cauliflower florets and potato pieces.
Add lemon juice and a tbsp of fresh chopped coriander and mix .
Serve hot with a spoon of ghee on top of the curry.
Serving suggestion-serve with steamed rice, Jeera rice,or any Indian bread of your choice.

Notes

NOTE-

1-Traditionally this is made in mustard oil but you can use any cooking oil of your choice.
2-You can adjust the thickness of gravy according to your preference so add water according to that.

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