Kerala Style Green Peas Curry

For the final week of Blogging Marthon#41,I chose to cook with pick one ingredient and cook for 3 days,the ingredient is green peas.
I will be showcasing the recipes with green peas for next few days.Today's recipe is a flavorful green peas curry with coconut milk.Here I used the soaked dried peas and it can be made with fresh green peas.
Try this authentic Kerala style green peas curry and serve it along with rotis and parotas.Here goes the recipe............................

Basic Information

Soaking time ~ 6-8 hours
Preparation time ~15 minutes

Cooking time ~ 30 minutes

Serves ~ 3(generously)

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Green peas/pattani(soaked)	11/2 cups
Onion(finely chopped)	1 (large size)
Tomato(finely chopped)	3 (medium size)
Ginger/inji	1/2 inch piece
Garlic /poondu	2 cloves
Ginger &Garlic paste	2 tsp
Turmeric powder/manjal podi	1/4 tsp
Red chilly powder/milagai podi	1 tsp
Corinader powder/dhaniya podi	2 tsp
Garam Masala powder	1/2 tsp
Curry leaves/karivepillai	few leaves
Coriander leaves/kothamalli	1 tbs(chopped)
Thick coconut milk/thengai paal	1/2 cup
Cumin seeds/jeeragam	1/2 tsp
Salt	11/2 tsp
Oil	3 tbs

Method

Pressure cook the green peas with a cup of water and a pinch of salt for a whistle in a medium flame.
Heat a tbs of oil in a pan and saute the onion,ginger and garlic till transparent,add the chopped tomatoes.Cook it till mushy,put off the flame and grind it to a fine paste after cool down completely.

Heat a pan with the remaining oil,crackle the cumin seeds and add the ginger&garlic paste for a minute.Then add in the finely ground paste and cook it till the oil separates.Add in chilly powder,coriander powder,turmeric powder and salt.Add 1/2 cup of water and cook it in a medium flame till the raw smell disappears.Add the cooked peas now and adjust the consistency with water if needed.Let it boil for another couple of minutes.

Sprinkle the garam masala powder and add the coconut milk,let it boil for another 3-4 minutes.Finally sprinkle the coriander leaves and put off the flame.

Serve it with roti or parathas.

Enjoy........................................

• If fresh green peas is used then cook it in an open pot with a pinch of salt,separately and add it.
• If you want more of garam masala flavor,the add 2 cloves and 1/2 piece of cinnamon along with cumin seeds for tempering.

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