Recipe: Yummy Banarsi Chuda Matar

Banarsi Chuda Matar. Take a wok, pour the ghee into it and let it heat. Now add the cumin seeds and let it crackle. Add finely chopped green chilli & ginger and saute for a while, add the washed shelled green peas.

Banarsi Chura Matar is one of the popular street food, especially in winters when Matar (peas) are easily available in the. Literally speaking Flatten rice (poha) is known as chura in Banaras (U. P.) and matar means peas, everywhere in India (haha). You can have Banarsi Chuda Matar using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Banarsi Chuda Matar

1. Prepare of thick poha.
2. Prepare of green peas.
3. You need of milk.
4. It's of jeera/ cumin seeds.
5. It's of black pepper.
6. It's of bay leaves.
7. Prepare of finely chopped green chilli.
8. Prepare of finely chopped ginger.
9. Prepare of cashews.
10. It's of garam masala.
11. It's of lemon juice.
12. It's of coriander finely chopped.
13. Prepare of ghee.
14. It's of Salt.

Therefore Banarasi Chooda matar is a flavourful poha preparation which has an awesome tinge of garam masala powder and black pepper powder and is loaded with lots of greens i.e. coriander and of course, peas! One street food snack that requires special mention is the Banarasi Chura Matar aka Poha Matar (beaten rice flakes with green peas) that is very popular during the winter season when green peas are bountiful. Recently I came across this recipe for poha matar while surfing the net. This is a popular Banarasi breakfast / evening snack during winters when fresh peas are available in plenty.

Banarsi Chuda Matar step by step

1. Wash poha and drain completely. Place the poha in a vessel and add milk. Mix well and set aside..
2. Heat ghee in pan. Add cumin, black pepper, bay leaves ginger, green chilli and cashews. Roast it till golden brown..
3. Now add green peasand salt saute for a minute. Cover it with lid and cook until the peas are cooked well..
4. Add garam masala, salt and milk soaked poha. Mix it well. Place lid and cook on low flame for 5 mts. Sprinkle little water if required..
5. Add lemon juice and coriander leaves. Serve it hot..

Its recipe is completely different from the kanda poha / batata poha that I am used to and I gave it a try. Chura matar is a delicious and healthy evening snack which is popular and made in many homes in Uttar Pradesh during the winters. During our visit in banaras, we used to have chura matar everyday in the breakfast buffet of the hotel where we were staying. where do you get good banarsi chiwda in Delhi? I use Rajdhani chiwda for making chuda matar. Had Chat as well as Chura Matar at Kashi Chat Bhandar.