“matar chole”

 “Matar Chole” Recipe

Recipe Type: Lunch/Dinner | Recipe Cuisine: Indian

Preparation Time: 3-4 mins    | Cooking time: 50 mins     | serves: 2-3

Safed matar is very nutritious lentil and one can get it easily in market. Lots of recipes are made using this ex: safed matar ki sabzi, matar chaat, matar tikki etc etc… Today I am writing about a very tasty and spicy recipe called as matar chola. Masala used in this recipe makes it amazingly delicious. Don’t forget to add tomato or mango powder in it that adds alot to its get its taste. This recipe can be eaten with tea, roti or rice. If you have samosa, just add 2 teaspoon of this mater chola and enjoy it as a matar chaat…Here I give this recipe to you…have a look.

 
Ingredients:

1 cup safed matar or dried white peas  (soaked in water for 7-8 hours)

1 large onion

1 large teaspoon mango powder

1 cup water

Salt as per your taste

Masala Ingredients:

2 small teaspoon coriander seeds

¼ teaspoon food color

1 small cinnamon

5-6 Black Pepper seeds

8-9 garlic clove

3-4 red chili’s

1 teaspoon turmeric powder

Kitchen utensils required:

• 1 non-stick pan (I prefer: Vinod Zest Non- Stick Friendly Pan)

• 1 Spatula (I prefer: PINDIA Wooden Curved Spoons)
• 12 bowls (I prefer: Borosil Mixing Bowl)
• 1 Mixer-grinder( I prefer: Prestige Hero 550- Watt Mixer Grinder)
• 1 Chopper (I prefer: Genius Nicer Dicer Plus Multi Chopper Vegetable Cutter Fruit slicer)
• 1 cooker (I prefer: Prestige Popular Aluminum Pressure Cooker, 3 Liters)

Step by step procedure:

Step-1 Heat cooker and put water, salt and soaked matar. Now cook it for 7-8 weasels on medium flame.

Step-2 Heat cooker and add oil, finely chopped onion and fry it.

Step-3 In a grinder, grind all the masala ingredients and make fine paste out of it. Now add masala paste into the cooker and mix everything well. Now cover cooker with lid and cook masala at low flame.

Step-4 Add salt, mango powder and water to it. Mix everything well and cover cooker with lid and cook it on medium flame for 4-5 weasels on low flame.

 Garnish it with finely chopped coriander leaves, lemon, finely chopped onions.

 Enjoy it with roti, plain rice, paratha…….!!

Tips:

• Don't add too much water for gravy.
• Always boil matar before using it.

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