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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Pea Curry With Carrots And Potatoes

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 4
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil (or whatever oil you like to use)
  • 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
  • 3 fenugreek seeds
  • 1 large onion, coarsely chopped
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon fresh ginger, grated
  • 1 cup frozen peas (add more if you wish, but no more than 1/2 cup more)
  • 2 medium whole carrots, peeled, sliced, and slices cut in half
  • 2 small russet potatoes, peeled and cut into small cubes (for something different you can try leaving peels on!)
  • 1 teaspoon dry mustard
  • 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
  • 1 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1/4 teaspoon garam masala
  • 2 cups vegetable broth
  • 1 tablespoon wine
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/3 teaspoon cayenne pepper, to taste
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 2 tablespoons water, to dissolve cornstarch
  • 1 cup tomato soup
  • 3 tablespoons fresh parsley or 3 tablespoons cilantro, chopped
  • salt and pepper, to taste

Recipe

  • 1 first, take out a nice-sized saucepan and heat oil to medium heat.
  • 2 add mustard seeds and fenugreek seeks and fry for about 25 seconds.
  • 3 add onion and garlic and sauté for 4 minutes until onions begin to soften.
  • 4 add your ginger, peas, carrots, potatoes and spices, and allow the ginger and spices to become very fragrant (just a minute or two).
  • 5 add your broth, wine and water and allow mixture to come to a boil.
  • 6 reduce heat and simmer covered until vegetables are soft.
  • 7 combine the cornstarch and water in a bowl.
  • 8 turn heat up a bit and bring to a slight boil, and add your cornstarch mixture; stir until a bit thickened (wont take very long).
  • 9 add your tomato soup and parsley and allow to heat through; approximately 3-4 minutes.
  • 10 serve with basmati rice or flat breads.
  • 11 i like to eat this with chappati and soak the chappati in the curry "gravy".
  • 12 enjoy!

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