Name: BATAANI KATTU - white pea vegetable curry recipe by Sujatha Ratnala at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: White peas (batani) - 1 glass; FOR CURRY:; Small Onions - 2; Garlic pods - 5; Rice flour - 1 sp; Brinjal / Ridge gourd (beerakai) / Drum stick; For Masala:; Onions - 2; Red Chilies - 3 to 4; Garlic pods - 5; Jeera - 1 sp; SEASONING:; Mustard seeds- 1/2tsp; Jeera- 1/2 tsp; Curry leaves- a few; Garlic pods - 5; Red chilies - 2; Oil- as required; salt as needed

ABOUT BATAANI KATTU - white pea vegetable curry RECIPE

A spicy curry made of white peas, veggies and spiced with freshly ground garlic giving it a very subtle taste.

Ingredients Serving: 4

White peas (batani) - 1 glass
FOR CURRY:
Small Onions - 2
Garlic pods - 5
Rice flour - 1 sp
Brinjal / Ridge gourd (beerakai) / Drum stick
For Masala:
Onions - 2
Red Chilies - 3 to 4
Garlic pods - 5
Jeera - 1 sp
SEASONING:
Mustard seeds- 1/2tsp
Jeera- 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves- a few
Garlic pods - 5
Red chilies - 2
Oil- as required
salt as needed

Instructions

Soak the white peas overnight. Cook the peas for 4 whistles.
Grind 2 onions, 3 red chillies, 1 sp jeera and 5 garlic pods in a small mixer jar and make the masala.
Cut remaining onions into circles. If ridgegourd or brinjal is to be added, cut it to circles.
In a cooking pot, add 4 sp of oil. Make seasoning of mustard, jeera, curry leaves, garlic pods, red chillies. Add cut onions . Saute a little. If you would like your onion circles to be intact, keep aside after sauteing.
Add the ground masala, salt and saute it for 5 minutes.
Add the boiled peas, vegetable chunks, sufficient water and cook till the vegetables are soft.
Make a paste of rice flour and mix into the curry. Add required water and cook till it boils.
Serve with rice or rotis.

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