Name: Matar chat or ghughni recipe by Smita Pramanik at BetterButter
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 cup dry yellow peas (matar); 1 teaspoon salt (adjust to taste); 1 tablespoon cumin and coriander seeds; 2 tablespoons ginger garlic paste; Sev/ bhujiya as required; 2 tablespoons tamarind pulp; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 1 tsp black salt; Coriander leaves, finely chopped; Cucumber finely, chopped; Tomato and onion, chopped; Green chilly, finely chopped

Ingredients Serving: 4

1 cup dry yellow peas (matar)
1 teaspoon salt (adjust to taste)
1 tablespoon cumin and coriander seeds
2 tablespoons ginger garlic paste
Sev/ bhujiya as required
2 tablespoons tamarind pulp
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tsp black salt
Coriander leaves, finely chopped
Cucumber finely, chopped
Tomato and onion, chopped
Green chilly, finely chopped

Instructions

Wash and soak matar over night.
Put the matar in a pressure cooker, you can add salt, turmeric powder,chopped onion ,tomato, ginger/ garlic paste now (else after the matar has done, u can cook like a gravy curry ).Cook on medium high heat.
Matar should be soft and tender. Add all the spices to your taste. Mix the spices well to the matar gravy
Add a little water if they look too dry, the gravy should be thick.
garnish with some chopped onion, tomato, cucumber, corriader leaves, green chilies and 1tsp chat masala, sev,t drop of tamarind pulp and lemon on the top of the gravy and serve hot

Similar Recipes