I love those small recipe booklets by Neeta Mehta. They are nicely themed and mostly have traditional and easy recipes. This particular one where I got this Matar Khumb recipe has Punjabi recipes that are extremely popular yet I've never tried before, except maybe the Paneer Butter Masala recipe.
I've already tried two recipes from the book and loved them both. Here's the first one.
Adapted from Neeta Mehta's Punjabi RecipesServes 4What I Used:200gm/about 4 cups mushrooms, washed and chopped into 6 (I used white button mushrooms)1 cup green peas2 cardamoms/elaichi/elakka2 cloves/laung/grampoo1 tablespoon dhania powder / malli podi1 teaspoon red chilli powder2 teaspoon garam masalaA pinch of turmeric powder4tbsp oilGrind together to a puree2 large tomatoes1 green chilliGrind together to a paste1 large onion6-8 flakes garlic1" piece gingerHow I Made It:1. Heat oil. Add the cardamom and cloves. Fry for 1 min.3. To this, add the onion-garlic-ginger paste. Cook stirring continuously until light brown. Remove from fire.4. Add the masalas now - dhania powder, red chilli powder, garam masala and haldi with some salt.5. Return to low heat and cook for a few seconds. Add 1 tablespoon water.6. Add the tomato-green chilli puree. Cook till dry and oil separates from the gravy (about 10 mins)7. Next, add the mushrooms and peas. Stir fry for 5 min.8. Add 2 cups water. Cook on low medium heat for about 15 min till peas turn soft and oil separates. Adjust salt.
Serve curry with rice or chappatis. I served mine with some jeera rice.
Preety
i always used mushrooms as a topping over my pizza, never tried making sabji/curry..but yours is tempting me to try one
lissie
looks awesome...love to have it with rotis!
Ann
This picture is soo perfect and makes me crave for this curry now. Totally moyth watering.
Gita
Nice recipe...the gravy looks very delicious 🙂
Sunshinemom
I agree! Nita Mehta is indeed a lovely cook:). You are doing perfect justice to her recipe.
chakhlere
Thanks for the lovely recipe dear. I was searching for some good mushroom recipe and you got it.
The curry looks amazing.
Sudeshna
Neeta Mehta small books are really awesome, I love taking some tips from those:). Nags, the recipe seems to be awesome.
Divya Vikram
Mushroom peas curry was the first dish I tried when i started cooking! Never thought of adding cloves and cardamom to mushroom peas curry! Will try that next time.
Happy cook
Hubby loves mushroom and this looks yummy.
Didn't buy photoshop, will mail you one of these day.
Sharmila
Lovely looking dish! I love both mushrooms and peas. Will love it with rice. 🙂