GOBI MATTAR MASALA / CAULIFLOWER AND PEAS CURRY

Here is a healthy and tasty vegetable side dish  full of farm fresh cauliflowers and green peas....

INGREDIENTS

• CAULIFLOWER -250 GRAMS
• GREEN PEAS -200 GRAMS
• TOMATOES-200 GRAMS
• ONIONS-100 GRAMS
• GRATED COCONUT-1 TABLESPOON
• GARLIC-6 CLOVES
• GREEN CHILLIES-2
• CUMINSEEDS-1/2 TEASPOON
• CHILLI POWDER-   1- 1 1/2 TEASPOON
• JEERA POWDER-1 TEASPOON
• DHANIYA POWDER -1 TEASPOON
• GARAM MASALA POWDER -1 TEASPOON
• AMCHOOR POWDER - 1/4TEASPOON
• OIL /GHEE- 1/4 CUP
• SALT TO  TASTE

METHOD

• Cut cauliflower into medium sized bits.Soak in hot salted water and clean.
• Chop onions and tomatoes.Peel the garlic cloves.
• Heat the oil in a frying pan.
• Splutter the cumin seeds.
• Add the chillies,onions,tomatoes,the powders , salt and shallow fry till soft.
• Add the coconut and cook for a minute.
• Grind to a paste.
• Add the cauliflower bits,green peas and the ground paste to a pressure pan with enough water and pressure cook for 3 whistles.
• Once the vegetables are cooked,add enough water and keep simmering it fora few minutes till the gravy thickens.
• Serve hot with chappatis,rotis or rice varieties.