Recipe for a Simple Dried Green Peas Curry

Course Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine Goan, Indian

Keyword Dried Peas, Green peas curry, Green Vatana, vatana curry

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Soaking the Peas 8 hours

Total Time 8 hours 50 minutes

Servings 4 people

1 Cup Dried Green Peas(soaked in water overnight or for 5-6hours)
1 Medium sized Onion(chopped fine)
1 Medium sized Tomato(chopped fine)
2 Green chillies(slit)
6-8 Dried Kokum(you can use Tamarind pulp/Lemon juice/Vinegar/RawMango powder/Raw Mango slices or Dried Raw Mango if you don’t have kokum)
7-8 Curry Leaves
½ Tspn Turmeric Powder
½ Tspn Scraped Jaggery
½ Tspn Chilly Powder
1.5 Tspn of either Jeerem Meerem Spice Powder or GaramMasala powder or Xacuti Masala Powder
2 Tspn Oil
Water for Boiling for the Peas
1 Tspn Salt
4-5 Sprigs of Coriander(chopped fine)

After the Peas have soaked over night or for 4-5 hours, wash it under running water and boil the Peas with 3 Cups of Water and 1 Tspn Salt in a pressure cooker until soft and keep it aside. Do Not discard the Water
In a vessel, Add the Onions, Tomatoes, Curry Leaves,Chillies, Kokum or Dried Raw Mango and 2 Tspn of oil and place it on Medium heat
Once the Onions turn brownish, add the Ginger Garlic paste and mix well
Once the raw smell of the Ginger Garlic reduces, add the Turmeric Powder, Chilly Powder, Jeerem Meerem Spice Powder/Garam Masala powder/Xacuti Masala Powder, Jaggery and add some of the Stock from the boiled Peas and mix well
Let this boil until the Masala powders get cooked
Note:- It will take around 7-10 minutes
Add the Boiled Dried Peas along with the water
Once the curry begins to boil, add the chopped Coriander
Note: Fresh Coriander is a very important ingredient for this recipe. You will notice how It enhances the aroma and taste as soon as you add it into the curry
Let it boil for around 7- 8 minutes and turn off the flame
Note: Dried Peas Curry thickens further as it is kept to rest. So if you boil the gravy till it thickens, you may land up with a mushy gravy later while eating. So keep in mind that when your gravy is runny, turn the heat off and keep is aside. It will thicken on its own
Enjoy this Simple Dried Peas Curry with Hot Bread or Chapatis. It goes well with Steamed rice too