Nimona

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It is a curry made of Green Peas, tastes yummy with steamed rice.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes 

Cooking Time: 20 minutes 

Servings: 2 Person 

 

Ingredients:  

Green Peas: 1 Cup
Potato: 1 medium sized
Urad Daal Badi: 2 medium sized
Onion (use green portion of spring onion if available): 1 small sized
Garlic: 2 clove
Green chillies: 2                                                                                           

Turmeric Powder: 1/4 teaspoon
Fresh Coriander Leaves: 40-50 twigs
Cumin seeds:1/2 teaspoon
Asafoetida (Heeng): A pinch
Mustard Oil: 4 teaspoon
Ghee: 1 teaspoon
Salt to Taste 

Coriander leaves & spring onion greens for garnishing  

 

Method: 

1. Blend 3/4 cup of the green peas, onion, garlic, green chilies, coriander leaves together in a grinder, keep the mixture in a bowl.  
2. Keep 1/4 cup of peas aside to be used later. 
3. Slice the potato in shape as you wish (I have cut them into thin wedges). 

4. Pour the mustard oil in pan. When it gets warm add cumin seeds as it starts cracking add Urad Daal Badi. 

5. Fry the badi till it turns crisp red, drain it away and keep in separate plate. 6. Now to the hot oil add heeng and potato wedges immediately. 

7. Fry the potatoes for 1 minute. 

8. Now add the mixture prepared in blender to the pan and add turmeric powder and salt into this. 

9. Keep stirring the mixture till it leaves oil at the sides of the pan. 

10. Add the 1/4 cup peas and fried urad daal badi to it that had been kept aside and fry for 30 more seconds. 

11. Add 2.5 cup water when the mixture has been fried well and it spreads a nice aroma in your kitchen. 

12. Let it get cooked by putting a lid over the pan. 

13. Check after 5-7 minutes if the potato is cooked properly and the gravy has been reduced to 1.75 cup only. 

14. Stir well. Garnish with spring onion and a small coriander leaf twig.  

Serve hot with steamed rice after pouring a spoon full ghee over it.

Note: You can use Black Chick Peas (Kala Chana) pr Green Chick Peas (Hara Chana) or Water Chestnut (Singhara) in place of Green Peas to change the flavor and add variety to your food.

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