For the final day of the marathon, i bring you Maharastrian side-dish. Please don’t be scared by the name. It is a simple and flavorful curry of green peas in peanuts and coconut masala. It was a wonderful combination with Roti’s and even goes well with Rice.
Source : Tarla Dalal
Ingredients
1 Cup unsalted peanuts, crushed
1.5 cups boiled green peas
1 tsp cumin seeds
2 whole dry kashmiri red chillies, broken
a pinch of sugar
2 tbsp oil
salt to taste
handful of coriander leaves for garnish
To be ground to a paste
1/2 grated coconut
5 nos cloves
2 generous pinches of cinnamon powder or 1 inch piece of cinnamon stick
5 nos green chillies
1 cup water
Method
- Keep the paste ready before proceeding to make the curry. Heat oil in a pan, crackle cumin seeds. Next add red chilies and crushed peanuts.
- Keep the flame low and saute for about 2-3 minutes. Take care not to burn the peanuts, you might get a bad taste.
- Next add the coconut paste, 1.5 cups of water, sugar and salt and cook on low flame till the peanuts are cooked.
- Next add the green peas and cook for 5-6 minutes for the flavors to mingle.Serve hot, garnished with the coriander.
Interesting combination of ground peanuts and coconut in one dish.
A very healthy n unique combination. Looks yummy.
wow yum.. peanuts and coconut are a lovely combo 🙂 Bookmarking this recipe
name looks complicated but dish looks yummy 🙂
yummy and delicious dish…
Completely my kind of side dish, love that peanuts and coconut combo here, delicious..
power protein packed dish!..looks great.
Very healthy dish. Looks great!
What a flavorful and delicious looking curry. Love the peanuts in the gravy.
Looking great and delicious.
Awesome preparation!
Oh it almost sounds like an andhra dish..:)..very pretty looking bowl of peas priya..
this uses all of my fave ingredients – must be so flavorful
Nutritious recipe, Priya.
Priya…this looks very delicious. Bookmarked