White Vatana Curry is a comforting and flavourful dish made with dehydrated white peas. It’s a hearty, spiced curry that's served with rice or roti.
Ingredients
300 grams white vatana
Soak the vatana for 6 to 8 hours. Then pressure cook with just enough water and salt to taste. Cook on high until the first whistle, then lower the flame and cook until one more whistle.
Ingredients for the ground masala powder
1 tablespoon of coriander seeds
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon pepper corn
1 teaspoon Fennel seeds
3 green cardamom
1/2 inch cinnamon stick
4 cloves
Method
Dry roast the spices, once cool dry grind the spices well .
Ingredients for the spice powder
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/2 teaspoon chaat masala powder
1/2 teaspoon amchur powder
1/2 teaspoon asafoetida/ hing powder
Ingredients
2 medium size onions finely chopped
2 medium size tomatoes finely chopped
2 green chillies slit
1/4 cup finely chopped coriander leaves
1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
Salt to taste only if required as chaat masala and amchur powder contain some amount of salt, salt added while boiling the vatana.
Method
1
Heat up some oil in a vessel. Once hot , sauté the finely chopped onions until they turn lightly brown.
2
Add the finely chopped tomatoes, slit green chillies, ginger garlic paste and stir fry. Add 1/2 cup water and allow to cook for 2 minutes.
3
Add the ground masala powder, dry spice powder and chilli powder. Stir fry well , then add 1/2 cup water and allow to cook for 2 minutes.
4
Add the boiled vatana and mix well . Add in 1 and 1/2 cup water and allow to cook for 15 minutes. Finally, add the finely chopped coriander leaves. Cook for 2 minutes.
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