Dried Yellow Peas Ghugni or Curry

Name: Dried Yellow Peas Ghugni or Curry
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup dried yellow peas; 2 onions chopped; 1 onion paste; 1 tsp ginger paste; 1/2 tsp garlic paste; 3 tbsp tomato puree; 4 tbsp mustard oil; 1 tsp ghee; 1 tsp kitchen king masala; 1 tsp dry roasted cumin seed powder; 1/2 tsp garam masala; 1/2 tsp turmeric powder; 1/2 tsp red chilli powder; To taste salt and sugar; 3 cloves; 2 cardamom; 1 stick cinnamon; 2 bay leaves; 1 tbsp coriander chopped; 1 tbsp coconut chopped

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

#rainbowweek4 #yellow Dried yellow peas or matar ghugni is a famous street food of kolkata.It is normally served with luchi,paratha or any Indian flat bread and serves as a delicious breakfast item.It can also be enjoyed as a snack with potato tikki, kachori chaat or simply serve as it is with chopped onion,green chillies and a drizzling of lemon juice.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

3 servings

1 cupdried yellow peas
2onions chopped
1onion paste
1 tspginger paste
1/2 tspgarlic paste
3 tbsptomato puree
4 tbspmustard oil
1 tspghee
1 tspkitchen king masala
1 tspdry roasted cumin seed powder
1/2 tspgaram masala
1/2 tspturmeric powder
1/2 tspred chilli powder
To tastesalt and sugar
3cloves
2cardamom
1 stickcinnamon
2bay leaves
1 tbspcoriander chopped
1 tbspcoconut chopped

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Steps

1

Soak yellow peas (matar)overnight in warm water.Discard water.Make a paste of onion,ginger garlic.Add this to the soaked peas.Add 3 tbsp mustard oil,red chilli powder,turmeric, kitchen king masala,tomato puree,1 tbsp chopped onion and coconut.Add bay leaves. Also add salt and sugar to taste.1 pinch baking soda may be added so that matar cooks well. Pressure cook upto 4 whistles.Open lid after 5 minutes.Check softness.It should be just done and not mushy.
2

Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan and sprinkle half crushed whole garam masala.Lightly fry rest of onion and pour the ghugni over it.Boil it for few minutes and add roasted cumin powder.Sprinkle ghee and toss.Garnish with chopped coriander.Serve hot with chopped onion,lemon slices and green and red chillies as a side dish with any Indian flat bread or poori.