Mango Green Peas Gravy

This is simple and mouthwatering dish. It’s a spicy and tangy dish. Normally we prefer to eat poori with potato masala or channa masala. This is slightly variant from the regular gravy or Kurma. The key ingredient of this dish is raw mango. Mango is sautéed and cooked with green peas. Adding garlic gives nice flavor and taste to this dish. This goes very well with poori, chapatti, dosa and bread.

Ingredients

Soaked Green Peas - 1 Cup
Peeled Garlic - a handful
Finely Chopped Mango - 4 tsp
Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tsp
Finely Chopped Onion - 1 ( big)
Finely Chopped Tomato - 1 (big)
Salt to taste
Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
Coriander Powder - 1 and 1/2 tsp
Biryani Masala Powder/ Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
Dried Kasoori Methi leaves - a tsp 

For Masala 
Grated Coconut - 1 tbsp 
Roasted Gram/Pottukadalai - 1 tsp
Cashew Nuts - 10
Chopped Coriander Leaves - few
Cardamom - 2
Dry Ginger Powder - 1/4 tsp 

To Temper
Ghee/ Butter  - 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds : 1 tsp
Bay Leaf - 1
Cinnamon Sticks -  2 inchc
Cloves - 4

Method

In a pressure cooker add soaked green peas, 1/2 tsp cumin seeds, little salt and 1/2 tsp of butter or oil along with 2 cups of water. Then cook it for 3 whistles and keep aside.

In a blender add the ingredients which are under for ground masala, then grind it as fine paste.

In a pan, melt the remaining butter, add the tempering ingredients and sauté it for few seconds.

Add onions and tomatoes then cook until it becomes mushy. Now add the finely chopped mangoes and garlic. Sauté it for 2 minutes.

Add chilli powder, coriander powder, biryani masala or garam masala, kasoori Methi leaves and salt then mix well.

Then transfer this into pressure cooker, add ground masala and required water then cook on medium flame for about 5 minutes.

Once it done, serve with hot pooris or chapatti .