Nalini'sKitchen: Ooti and Aloo Kangmet

Today we are in one of the North Eastern state Manipur,the land of jewels.Due to its natural beauty the state is known as 'Switzerland of India'.
Manipur has a rich culture featuring martial arts and dance.Its an attractive tourist spot.
Manipur cuisines are simple and organic,healthy and uses chilly peppers for spiciness.The staple food consists of rice,vegetables and fish.
Today's recipe is a simple curry ooti made with yellow peas and dry potato curry called aloo kangmet.Both the recipes can be served along with rice.Adapted the recipe from here and here.Lets move on to the recipes.........................

Ooti

Basic Information

Preparation Time ~ 10 minutes
Cooking Time ~ 20 minutes
Serves ~ 2

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Yellow peas/pattani(soaked)	1 cup
Onion(finely chopped)	1(medium size)
Red chilly/varamilagai	2-3
Green chilly/pachamilagai	2(slit lengthy)
Salt	1 tsp
Oil	1 tbs
Ginger/inji (finely chopped)	1/2 tsp
Coriander leaves/kothamalli	for garnishing
Cumin seeds/jeeragam	1/2 tsp
Bay leaf	1

Method

Pressure cook the yellow peas for 2 whistles and keep it aside.Heat a pan with oil and crackle the cumin seeds,add in the bay leaf,green chilly,red chilly.Now add in the chopped onion and saute it till transparent.Now add the chopped ginger and mix it well.

Add this sauteed mixture to the cooked yellow peas along with 1/2 cup of water. Bring to a boil and finally add the chopped
coriander leaves.

Serve it with white rice.

Aloo Kangmet

Basic Information

Preparation Time ~ 10 minutes
Cooking Time ~ 15 minutes
Serves ~ 2

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Potato/urulaikilangu	2 (medium size)
Onion(finely chopped)	1(medium size)
Red chilly/varamilagai	2-3(broken)
Salt	1 tsp
Oil	1 tbs
Coriander leaves/kothamalli	for garnishing

Method

Boil the potatoes in a pressure cooker and peel the skin,mash it roughly and keep it aside.Heat 1/2 tsp of oil in a pan and fry the red chilly till it becomes crisp.Crush it in a mortar.Now heat the pan with oil and saute the onion till transparent.

Now goes in the mashed potatoes and add the crushed red chilly,salt,mix it well.Keep it in a medium flame for couple of minutes,finally sprinkle the chopped coriander.