Receta Green peas in yogurt cashew gravy
Green peas cooked in onion tomato gravy with yogurt and cashew. Simple and tangy gravy that goes well with roti and parathas.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup – Dried green peas (cooked)
- 1 no – Onion (roughly chopped)
- 1 no – Tomato (big one, roughly chopped)
- 1 inch – Ginger (chopped)
- 3 nos – Garlic (chopped)
- 1 or 2 nos – Green chillies
- 1 1/2 tsp – Chole masala
- 1/2 tsp – Kashmiri red chili powder
- 1/2 tsp – Honey
- 1 tbsp – Coriander leaves (for garnishing)
- Salt as needed
- 2 tsp – Oil (for sautéing) For grinding:
- 3 tbsp – Yogurt (thick one)
- 10 nos – Cashew nuts For seasonings:
- 1 tbsp – Butter
- 1 tsp – Cumin seeds Preparation method:
Heat oil in a pan, add chopped onion, green chilies, ginger, garlic and fry till the onion turns slightly brown. Let it cool and grind this with the chopped tomatoes to make a thick gravy. Keep it aside.
Take a blender, powder the cashews nuts first and then add yogurt to it, again grind it for couple of times. Keep it aside.
Heat butter in a pan, season it with cumin seeds. Add onion tomato gravy, cover with lid and cook over medium flame for 5 minutes.
Add cashew yogurt sauce, chole masala, kashmiri red chilli powder, honey and cooked green peas along with salt. Cover and cook this over low flame for 6 to 7 minutes or until the oil separates.
Switch off the stove and garnish with coriander and serve hot with roti or paratha. Notes:
You can replace kashmiri red chili powder with normal chili powder. But you will lose the lovely color of this gravy.
You can also use fresh green peas in this recipe.