Aloo Matar

Here is a delightful dish - potatoes and peas in a tomato puree sauce. It's pretty easy to rustle up, and adds zing to any meal. The best thing is that all of the ingredients are readily available. Serve hot with naan, puris, rotis, or plain rice.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 487 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 ½ teaspoons paprika
• 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste
• 1 cup frozen peas
• 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
• 1 ½ teaspoons garam masala
• 2 medium onions, finely chopped
• ½ cup tomato puree
• 4 large potatoes, peeled and chopped

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat the oil in a wok over medium heat. Stir in the onions, ginger garlic paste, and bay leaf. Cook until the onions are tender. Mix in the potatoes and peas. Cover and cook until the potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes. Remove the bay leaf.

Step 2

Stir the tomato puree, garam masala, paprika, sugar, and salt into the vegetable mixture. Continue cooking about 10 minutes. Mix in the cilantro and continue cooking about 2 minutes.