Aloo Matar

Ingredients

• 2 medium Potatoes
• 200 gms Peas
• 1 small Onion
• 1 piece Ginger
• 2 Green chillies
• 2 cloves Garlic
• 1/4 tsp of Cumin seeds
• 2 small Tomatoes
• 1/2 tsp of Red chilli powder
• 1 tsp of Coriander powder
• 1/8 tsp of Turmeric powder
• 2 tbsp Oil
• Salt to taste
• A pinch of Garam masala

Method

• Cut potatoes into cubes and let it soak in water.
• Chop onion finely.  Grind garlic, green chillies and ginger into a paste.
• Grind tomato and make a puree, keep aside.
• Heat oil in a pressure cooker,  add chopped onion  and saute it. Add ginger,  garlic and green chilli paste  to it and saute well. The add the tomato puree, let it cook for sometime till the oil oozes out. Now add the spice powders to this mix well and add the  potato cubes, peas and salt.
• Add one cup water to this, close the lid and cook for 2 whistles. Let it cool, then remove the lid and add garam masala to this, mix well. Check the salt and if the ravy is thin boil for some more time to thicken it or u can mash some pieces of potato to make the gravy thick.
• Transfer to the serving bowl and garnish with coriander leaves. Serve with roti, chappathi or paratha!