Green Peas Turmeric Curry or Matar Kachhi Haldi Ki Sabzi
An easy to make Indian vegetarian recipe. Healthy winter recipe using fresh turmeric rhizome. This is a side dish from Rajasthan and goes well with any Indian flat bread or rice.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Turmeric root or rhizome (grated)
- 1 ¼ cup Green peas fresh
- ½ cup Tomato (coarsely ground)
- 1 tsp Ginger paste
- 1 tsp Fennel or saunf seeds (crushed)
- 2 tsp Coriander seeds (crushed)
- ½ cup Thick curd
- Red chili powder as per taste
- 1 tsp Jaggery
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- 2 tbsp Ghee
- Salt as per taste
Instructions
- Heat a pan, add ghee, add mustard seeds and sauté well.
- Add grated turmeric root and sauté well until it changes colour.
- Add coarsely ground tomato puree and ginger paste. Sauté well until it changes colour.
- Now add the crushed fennel seeds and coriander seeds, red chili powder and sauté well.
- Lower the flame and add thick curd, salt and jaggery. Cook on medium flame with stirring until everything just comes together.
- Now add the peas and cook, mash little peas using the back of the ladle. Cook until everything comes together and thickens.
- Rajasthani style kachhi haldi aur matar ki sabzi or turmeric peas curry is ready to be served with any Indian Flat bread
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Notes
Fry the turmeric root in ghee well to avoid bitter after taste and also helps in maximum absorption by our body.
After adding curd, cook on low heat, otherwise there are chances of spliting.
The thickness of curry can be adjusted either with water or curd.
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