easy aloo matar recipe | aloo mutter recipe | alu matar recipe
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 25 minutes
- Total time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 4 Servings
- Category: curry
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 4 tsp oil
- ½ inch cinnamon / dalchini
- 2 pods cardamom / elachi
- 1 tsp kasuri methi / dry fenugreek leaves
- ½ tsp cumin / jeera
- ½ tsp turmeric / haldi
- 1 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
- ½ tsp coriander powder
- 1 onion (finely chopped)
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 2 to mato (finely chopped)
- 2 potato / aloo (peeled & cubed)
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ cup peas / matar
- 1 cup water
- 1 green chilli (slit)
- ½ tsp garam masala
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves (finely chopped)
Method
- firstly, in a pressure cooker heat 4 tsp oil and saute ½ inch cinnamon, 2 pods cardamom, 1 tsp kasuri methi, ½ tsp cumin till it turns aromatic.
- now add in ½ tsp turmeric, 1 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder and ½ tsp coriander powder. saute on low flame for 30 seconds.
- further add 1 onion and saute well.
- additionally add 1 tsp ginger garlic paste and saute well.
- now add 2 tomato and saute till the tomatoes turn soft and mushy.
- furthermore, add 2 potato cubed and 1 tsp salt.
- saute for a minute or more.
- further add ½ cup peas, 1 cup water and 1 green chilli.
- mix well and pressure cook for 3 whistles or till potato gets cooked well.
- once the pressure gets settled down, mash slightly adjusting consistency.
- add in ½ tsp garam masala and 2 tbsp coriander leaves. mix well.
- finally, serve aloo matar recipe with roti, kulcha or naan.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.