Chilli Aloo Peas Kurma

It is a very good side dish for chapatti, poori or any chat items. This is also very easy to prepare.

This goes well even with ghee rice, peas pulao and steamed rice as well..

Ingredients

Potatoes – 3 (medium)

Boiled Green Peas – 1 cup

Sliced Onions – 2 (big)

Ginger and Garlic Paste – 1 tsp

Sliced Green Chilli -2

Chopped Tomato – 2

Salt to taste

Chopped Coriander Leaves

(To Grind)

Grated Coconut – ½ cup

Green Chillies – 4

Roasted Gram (Pottukadalai) – ¼ cup

(To Temper)

Fennel Seeds – ¼ tsp

Cinnamon Sticks – 2

Cardamom – 1

Cloves – 2

Bay Leaf – 1

Method

In a pressure cooker, add washed and halved potatoes and cook it till 3 to 4 whistles comes out.

Let it cool down then mash it and keep it in a separate bowl.

In a blender add coconut, green chillies and roasted gram, and make it as a thick paste by adding water. Then keep it aside.

In a pan, heat oil and add all the ingredients one by one which are under”to temper” 

Then add chopped onions, ginger garlic paste, sliced green chilli, and salt fry till it becomes mushy.

Now add mashed potatoes and cooked green peas then fry for a min. Then add ground masala and water then keep cook for about 10 min on medium flame.

Then add coconut paste and let it be for 3 min. Then switch off the flame. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.