Aloo Matar
"This is a recipe for Aloo Matar that I got off the internet. I went for my first Indian food experience, and happened to order Aloo Matar even though I had no idea what it was. It was fantastic! So I went searching right away for a recipe that I could use at home. Who knew it was so easy and inexpensive!!"
photo by Savana M.
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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6-8
ingredients
- 2 small potatoes, cubed and boiled
- 2 cups frozen peas
- 1 -2 green chili, seeded and minced
- 1 medium white onion, diced
- 2 teaspoons garlic paste
- 2 teaspoons ginger paste
- 1 -2 cup tomato sauce
- 1⁄4 cup olive oil
- 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
- 2 bay leaves
- 1⁄2 teaspoon turmeric
- 1⁄2 teaspoon garam masala
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground red pepper (powder)
- 1 tablespoon coriander powder
directions
- Heat oil over medium heat.
- Add cumin seed and bay leaves.
- When seeds begin to splutter, add onion, garlic, and ginger paste and saute until oil separates.
- Add half the tomato sauce, tumeric, garam masala, red pepper, and corriander powder.
- Stir fry until the oil separates.
- Add peas, potatoes, and green chilis and the rest of the tomato sauce and heat through.
- Take out the bay leaves.
- I like to serve this over jasmine rice with pita bread or naan. You can also add plain yogurt to taste if you desire a creamier dish.
- Enjoy!
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Reviews
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I decided to make this because of a tickle I had for Aloo Matar a year ago, that blew my mind in an Indian restaurant. This recipe was very helpful and very easy.. Indian food is fun to make. I added a little extra corriander powder and Man what a hit. Im so happy about it. -
Not really what I had expected. Made it as stated and found it a bit bland. I am pleased I tried it though. Thanks for posting. -
Very tasty and easy to make. Added an extra potato as suggested by the last reviewer. DON'T FORGET TO ADD SALT TO TASTE. Thx for sharing! -
This was yummy. I made it per the recipe but then added another potato because the sauce could handle it. Definite addition to my keeper pile -
I decided to try my hand at it after having this dish at an indian restaurant recently. The only thing I changed was I did add a bit of yogurt at the end. It was very good, with a good deal of spice, which I like very much. Thank you
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Tweaks
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I made a version of this which turned out fairly good. My modifications were I steamed ~1 cup of diced carrots with the cubed potatoes instead of boiling; omitted the chilies; doubled the quantity of garlic and ginger and simply used fresh minced and grated, respectively; used 4 bay leaves, 3/4 tsp. turmeric, and 1 tsp. garam masala; I also doubled the quantity of ground red pepper listed here to 1 tsp., but that found that to be a bit too kicky, and would recommend using 1/4 - 1/2 tsp. -
I served this last night and my grandson ate 3 servings! His dad finished the rest when he came to pick him up. Very tasty and easy. My only changes were I used regular veg. oil instead of olive oil -- and used considerably less too. I didn't add the bay leaves and I used a diced/seeded hot pepper instead of ground red pepper. I served this over Basmati rice.
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5 stars-RUN don't walk to your grocery store, buy the ingredients and make this!
4 stars-Great recipe and I want to try it again but would probably make changes to it
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