Aloo Mutter

I just love cooking different dishes. If something special is to be made, my Mom asks me to cook and I thought of mouth watering dish Aloo Mutter and prepared this as side dish for Parathas on our breakfast today morning. And thought why dont I post this one as first recipe in my cookery blog.

The famous punjabi vegeterian side dish that goes well with Roti, Naan, Kulcha, Phulka, Paratha..

Ingredients
Boiled Baby Potatoes - 10
Fresh Green Peas - 1 cup
Green chillies - 1 (medium)
Curd - 1 cup (small)
Cumin powder - 1 tsp
Red chilli powder - 2 tsp
Corriander powder - 3 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Cashew paste - 2 tsp
Salt - to taste

To Grind
Onion - 2 (medium)
Tomatoes - 2 (large)
Ginger Garlic paste - 2 tsp
Salt - half of it

To Season
Cumin seeds - 1tsp
Asafoetida - a pinch
Ghee - 1 tsp
Oil - 3 tbsp

Procedure
(1) Cut the boiled baby potatoes into halves and keep it aside.
(2) To a Pan add Ghee, Oil and wait till it gets hot.
(3) Add cumin seeds and when it splutters add the asafoetida.
(4) Add the grinded paste and see to it that you cook it in low flame.
(5) When the raw smell is off, wait till color changes to brown.
(6) Add green chillies, all dry powders and salt if required.
(7) Saute the gravy once a while and wait till oil separates out.
(6) Add curd to the gravy and make sure your flame is low (as we are adding curd).
(7) Once oil separates out from the gravy, add the fresh green peas.
(8) Cook for 5 minutes and then add the cut potatoes in medium flame.
(9) Add the cashew paste to it and cook for 5 minutes in low flame.
(10) Squeeze some lemon juice to the dish and
(11) Serve it hot with chopped onions on it.

Just try out this dish and let me know how it came out..