Aloo Matar Gravy Recipe with Step by Step Pictures. Spicy and Tangy green peas potato curry which goes well with roti, poori and bhatura. Aloo peas curry is shared two ways in this blog post. I have shared a basic aloo matar recipe and a no onion - garlic recipe for aloo peas curry.
Aloo Peas Curry(Aloo Matar)
I made this curry for breakfast and served it with bhatura. It turned out really good. One of my go to recipe to make with chapati, poori or roti is aloo peas curry. In this blog post, I have shared two version of aloo matar. One is a basic everyday version and another one is a NO ONION-GARLIC recipe.
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About Aloo Matar Recipe
Aloo mutter (also spelled aloo mattar or aloo matar) is a North Indian dish from the Indian subcontinent made with potatoes (Aloo) and peas (matar) in a spiced creamy tomato sauce. Its a vegetarian meal. In general, the sauce is made with garlic, ginger, onion, tomatoes, cilantro, cumin seeds, and other spices.
Aloo means potato in Hindi, and matar means green peas. This is one of the most popular side dishes made all over India. Make sure to check my 120 Vegetarian Sidedishes for Chapati, Roti, Pulao.
You can customize aloo matar into hundreds of recipe. In this blog post, I have shared two ways of making aloo matar. We prefer the first version with onions, garlic which is more flavourful. But if you don't eat onion and garlic, you can check my variation recipe.
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Aloo Matar Ingredients
Potatoes - potato is one of the most important ingredient in this dish. Boil potatoes in open pot or pressure cooker and mash them roughly and use.
Peas - Green peas adds sweet flavour and bright, beautiful green colour. You can use fresh green peas, frozen peas or even dried peas that are soaked and pre cooked.
Onion & Tomato - like all Indian curries, onions and tomatoes form the base of the curry.
Ginger & Garlic - adds aroma and taste to the curry.
Spice powders - chilli powder, turmeric powder and garam masala power for the curry.
How to Make Aloo Matar (Stepwise Pictures)
1)heat oil in a pan, add in cumin seeds. Allow the cumin to splatter for a minute.
2)Add in finely chopped onions into the oil.
3)Cook the onions till it get golden brown in colour.
4)Add in ginger garlic paste and cook that for 2 minutes till aromatic.
5)Add in tomato puree and cook till raw smell leaves from it.
6)Now the tomatoes has cooked well. And a layer of oil appear on the side.
7)Add in salt, chilli powder, turmeric and garam masala powder.
8)Cook until the spices is bloomed and raw smell leaves from it.
9)Add in water enough to make the gravy. Bring it to a full boil.
10)Add in boiled, peeled and mashed potatoes into the gravy.
11)Add in green peas, I am using frozen peas.
12)Add in little sugar to balance the taste.
13)Simmer for few minutes. Thats it aloo matar is ready.
14)I made few bhatura to go along with the curry.
15)Fry the bhatura in oil.
16)Serve bhatura with aloo matar.
Variations (No Onion, Garlic Aloo Matar)
I made this curry for yesterdays breakfast and served it with ragi poori. It turned out really good. This is a jain version. Because it has no onion and no garlic. But still it tasted amazing. I love peas curry and potato curry. You can check out my peas kurma.
Jain Style Aloo Matar Curry Ingredients
- Potatoes - 1 large boiled, peeled and mashed roughly
- Dried Green peas - 1 cup
- Tomatoes - 2 large pureed
- Oil - 1 tblspn
- Shahi Jeera / Black Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
- Cinnamon Stick / Pattai - 2 cm piece
- Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
- Coriander Powder / Malli Podi - 1 tblspn
- Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
- Garam Masala Powder - 2 tsp
- Cumin Powder / Jeera Podi - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Sugar - 1 tsp
- Ginger - 1 tblspn grated
How to Make Aloo Matar
1)Wash & soak green peas in water overnight. The next day, drain it and add it to pressure cooker, along with 3 cups of water and salt. Pressure cook it for 4 whistle, simmer the pan for 10 mins and turn the heat off. Now let the pressure go all by itself. Open the cooker and keep the peas with the cooking liquid.
Now heat oil in a kadai or sauce pan. Add in shahi jeera and cinnamon. Let them sizzle for a minute.
2)Add in all the spice powders.
3)Add in ¼ cup of water. Cook it for few minutes till oil separates from the spice powders.
4)Now the masala is cooked well.
5)Add in pureed tomato into the masala.
6)Add in ginger and mix well. Cook till oil separates.
7)Season the curry with salt and sugar.
8)Mix well.
9)Now add in the cooked peas along with the water and mashed potatoes. Mix well.
10)Simmer for 10 mins. Turn the heat off and serve. Serve with roti.
11)Enjoy.
Expert Tips
- You can use fresh peas, frozen or dried peas.
- use shallots instead of onions.
- You can use readymade tomato puree instead of tomato puree.
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Aloo Matar Recipe | Aloo Peas Curry Recipe
Equipment
- Cooking pot
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp Oil - 1 tblspn
- 1 tsp Shahi Jeera
- 1 large Onions chopped finely
- 2 large Potatoes boiled, peeled and mashed roughly
- 3 large Tomatoes pureed
- 2 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- 1 cup Green Peas i used frozen
- 1 tbsp Kashmiri Chilli Powder
- 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1 tsp Garam Masala Powder
- 1 tsp Sugar
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Heat oil in a kadai or sauce pan. Add in shahi jeera. Let them sizzle for a min.
- Add onions and cook till golden. Add ginger garlic paste and mix well. Add in tomato puree and cook till it thickens. Add in all the spice powders. Cook it for few minutes till oil separates from the mix. Add in water and mix well, bring it to a full boil.
- Add in potatoes, salt and sugar. Mix well. Now add in the peas and simmer for 5 to 6 mins. Mix well. Simmer for 10 mins. Turn the heat off and serve.Serve with roti.
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Notes
- You can use fresh peas, frozen or dried peas.
- use shallots instead of onions.
- You can use readymade tomato puree instead of tomato puree.
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Anonymous
vaayil ehcil urudu........
Vasantha
Anonymous
Thank you for all your awesome step- by-step pictures. Please post more bittergourd receipes without coconut. God Bless
Anonymous
so simple and mouth-watering...naalaikku my breakfast menu is poori n aloo peas curry....it wud be awesome if u post the recipe for ragi poori too...
Anonymous
Great recipe but I dont think its Jain. We, Jains, dont use root veggies. So an authentic version will be without ginger and raw banana instead of potato.
Aarthi
@AnonymousOh..Really sorry..I never knew that
Anonymous
Hi,
Cumin powder is necessary??Any alternate for that?
Aarthi
@AnonymousYou can skip that..
Viji
Can we use frozen peas instead of dried peas
Aarthi
yes u can use