How to Prepare Perfect Aloo Matar Curry

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Even beginners can try this dish. Aloo matar can be made in a gravy or curry base or made dry like sautéed or roasted veggies. If you are a fan of the dry version of peas and potatoes, then do check my savory and spiced Dry Aloo Matar which tastes equally good. You can have Aloo Matar Curry using 18 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Aloo Matar Curry

1. Prepare of Boiled Aloo.
2. It's of Matar/ Peas.
3. Prepare of Tomatoes.
4. Prepare of Onions.
5. You need of Green Chillies.
6. You need of Ginger Garlic Paste.
7. Prepare of Jeera.
8. Prepare of Hing.
9. It's of Spices-.
10. It's of Besan.
11. It's of Dhaniya Powder.
12. Prepare of Salt.
13. It's of Laal Mirch Powder.
14. It's of Kashmiri Laal Mirch Powder.
15. It's of Haldi Powder.
16. Prepare of Garam Masala.
17. Prepare of Roasted Kasuri Methi.
18. Prepare of Roasted Jeera Powder.

This aloo matar gravy recipe can be served with roti or paratha or poori. This aloo matar is a simple curry made of potatoes & fresh peas in a spicy onion tomato gravy. In Indian cuisine a lot of curries are made with potatoes. This is one very simple and beginner recipe that no one can go wrong.

Aloo Matar Curry instructions

1. Cut aloo in medium-small size pieces..
2. Chop Onions very finely, grind tomatoes, green chillies..
3. Ginger garlic paste finely into purée in a mixer grinder..
4. Now take a kadhai or pan, add 1 Big Spoon Oil in it & keep the gas on medium flame..
5. When oil gets heated up, add 1 Teaspoon Jeera & 1 Pinch Hing in it & let them sizzle..
6. When they start sizzling, add finely chopped onions in it & cook them till they turn into golden brown in colour..
7. After 3-4 minutes, when they turn into golden brown in colour, add 1/2 Teaspoon Haldi Powder in it & cook them for 1 minute..
8. Now add finely grinded tomato purée in with 1 Teaspoon Salt so that they start releasing oil quickly..
9. After 5-6, when oil is completely released, add 1 Cup Matar & spices mix in it, mix them properly & roast them for 2-3 minutes..
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11. After 2-3 minutes, add chopped aloo pieces in it & mix them properly..
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13. Now add some water with 1 Teaspoon Garam Masala, 1 Teaspoon Roasted Kasuri Methi & 1/2 Teaspoon Roasted Jeera Powder in it & mix them properly..
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15. Now cover the lid & cook them for 3-4 minutes on medium flame..
16. After 3-4 minutes, open the lid & stir them properly..
17. Your Aloo Matar Curry is ready to be served..

There are a few dishes which are usually made when fresh peas are in season, during the winters. Aloo Matar is a Potato Peas Curry simmered and cooked in a spiced Onion Tomato Gravy. We enjoy pairing Aloo Matar with Phulka's the most, next with Pulao Rice and last with plain rice. Potatoes are a firm favourite in our house. Whenever I am in a fix and not sure what to cook, it sure is Potato recipe.