Aloo Muttur (also spelt Mattar, Matar)
(Vegetarian Indian dish of ordinary potatoes and peas made into a
tasty exotic treat)

5 Tablespoons cold-pressed oil
1 medium onion
1 Tablespoon ginger and garlic paste
3 cloves
1 cinnamon stick
2 bay leaves
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp chili powder (more if you like it really hot!)
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 coriander powder
2 tomatoes quartered
2 diced potatoes (bite-sized)
1 cup peas
2 tsp sea salt
1 cup filtered water
1 cup fresh coriander leaves

1 Heat oil in pan, add onions, with garlic and ginger paste. Cook for
1 min.
2. Add garam masala, bay leaves, cloves, chili powder, turmeric
powder, coriander powder, tomatoes and salt.
3. Add diced potatoes and peas. Mix and pour in 1 cup water. Boil and
reduce heat. Cover and simmer 25 minutes.

PLG

PLG wrote:
> Aloo Muttur (also spelt Mattar, Matar)
> (Vegetarian Indian dish of ordinary potatoes and peas made into a
> tasty exotic treat)
>
> 5 Tablespoons cold-pressed oil
> 1 medium onion
> 1 Tablespoon ginger and garlic paste
> 3 cloves
> 1 cinnamon stick
> 2 bay leaves
> 1 tsp garam masala
> 1 tsp chili powder (more if you like it really hot!)
> 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
> 1/2 coriander powder
> 2 tomatoes quartered
> 2 diced potatoes (bite-sized)
> 1 cup peas
> 2 tsp sea salt
> 1 cup filtered water
> 1 cup fresh coriander leaves
>
> 1 Heat oil in pan, add onions, with garlic and ginger paste. Cook for
> 1 min.
> 2. Add garam masala, bay leaves, cloves, chili powder, turmeric
> powder, coriander powder, tomatoes and salt.
> 3. Add diced potatoes and peas. Mix and pour in 1 cup water. Boil and
> reduce heat. Cover and simmer 25 minutes.
>
> PLG

That looks like a nice recipe for this dish. Thanks.

--
Jean B.

"PLG" > wrote in message
...
> Aloo Muttur (also spelt Mattar, Matar)
> (Vegetarian Indian dish of ordinary potatoes and peas made into a
> tasty exotic treat)
>
> 5 Tablespoons cold-pressed oil
> 1 medium onion
> 1 Tablespoon ginger and garlic paste
> 3 cloves
> 1 cinnamon stick
> 2 bay leaves
> 1 tsp garam masala
> 1 tsp chili powder (more if you like it really hot!)
> 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
> 1/2 coriander powder
> 2 tomatoes quartered
> 2 diced potatoes (bite-sized)
> 1 cup peas
> 2 tsp sea salt
> 1 cup filtered water
> 1 cup fresh coriander leaves
>
> 1 Heat oil in pan, add onions, with garlic and ginger paste. Cook for
> 1 min.
> 2. Add garam masala, bay leaves, cloves, chili powder, turmeric
> powder, coriander powder, tomatoes and salt.
> 3. Add diced potatoes and peas. Mix and pour in 1 cup water. Boil and
> reduce heat. Cover and simmer 25 minutes.

I love this dish. I've never made it but order it out often. My regular
Indian Restaurant makes this with mushrooms.

Jon

Jon

>>
>> I love this dish. I've never made it but order it out often. My regular
>> Indian Restaurant makes this with mushrooms.
>>
>> Jon
>>
>
> I find that one problem is that one comes to expect whatever version one
> is used to, so recipes may not please us. Maybe if I called such things
> something else...
>
> --
> Jean B.

True enough. But that gives me incentive to experiment.

Jon

Zeppo wrote:
> "PLG" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Aloo Muttur (also spelt Mattar, Matar)
>> (Vegetarian Indian dish of ordinary potatoes and peas made into a
>> tasty exotic treat)
>>
>> 5 Tablespoons cold-pressed oil
>> 1 medium onion
>> 1 Tablespoon ginger and garlic paste
>> 3 cloves
>> 1 cinnamon stick
>> 2 bay leaves
>> 1 tsp garam masala
>> 1 tsp chili powder (more if you like it really hot!)
>> 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
>> 1/2 coriander powder
>> 2 tomatoes quartered
>> 2 diced potatoes (bite-sized)
>> 1 cup peas
>> 2 tsp sea salt
>> 1 cup filtered water
>> 1 cup fresh coriander leaves
>>
>> 1 Heat oil in pan, add onions, with garlic and ginger paste. Cook for
>> 1 min.
>> 2. Add garam masala, bay leaves, cloves, chili powder, turmeric
>> powder, coriander powder, tomatoes and salt.
>> 3. Add diced potatoes and peas. Mix and pour in 1 cup water. Boil and
>> reduce heat. Cover and simmer 25 minutes.
>
> I love this dish. I've never made it but order it out often. My regular
> Indian Restaurant makes this with mushrooms.
>
> Jon
>

I find that one problem is that one comes to expect whatever
version one is used to, so recipes may not please us. Maybe if I
called such things something else...

--
Jean B.