Green Peas: Green Pigeon Peas Recipe | How to make Green Pigeon Peas Recipe? |
Yields |
4 Servings. |
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Prepare Time |
15mins. |
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Cooking Time |
30mins. |
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Total Time |
45mins.
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Pigeon Peas Develop in Pods with 4 to 5 developed seeds per pod. Pod appears green with green peas when young & brown when it becomes mature with light yellow. Pigeon peas have been cultivated in India for so many years. We found these fresh Green Pigeon Peas mostly in winter season. It is also known as Toor, Toor Dal, Tuber, Tuvar, Thuvaram Paruppu, etc; in India. In India, dried Pigeon peas are used to prepare the very famous and tasty ingredient i.e. dal.
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DIRECTIONS
(A). Preparation To Make Tuvar Masala Gravy.
Quarter an onion and take it in a grinder jar and grind it to make a paste. Put aside a paste. Rinse a tomato & quarter it. Grind to make it paste. Put aside a paste. For making a green chilly paste, take crush 1inch ginger, 6 to 7 medium garlic cloves; and 3 to 4 fresh green chilly in a grinder jar and grind to make a paste(see pic. below). Chopped Coriander Leaves and keeps them aside.
(B). How to make Green Pigeon Peas Recipe?
STEP1
Making Tempering For Green Peas Veg. Heat 2tbs oil in a pressure cooker & add cloves and cinnamon; stir & sauté till crackling. Then add asafoetida and instantly add onion paste. Now slow down the gas flame and stirring nonstop sauté till the onion paste turns translucent. Keep string continuously otherwise onion gets dark brown.
STEP2
Then add tomato paste and add salt as required. Stir lightly for five minutes on low flame. After that add green paste, red chilly powder, turmeric, spices powder; and stir for two minutes. Note: if you found the mixture starts sticking to the pan then add some water and continue to sauté.
STEP3
Now add all Green Peas and stir it for two minutes; add 2 glasses of water; stir it very well and cover the cooker with its lid. Pressure cook for 6 to7 whistles at medium flame. Then Switch off the flame. When the pressure settles down on its own, open the lid & you will find the veggies are almost cooked. Check some peas by mashing them with a spoon or wired whisk. If you find that peas are a little bit hard then you have to pure some water in it and again cover the cooker, turn on the flame, pressure cook again for 2 or 3 whistles at medium flame.
STEP4
If the consistency looks very thick, you can add some water and cook on medium-low flame till simmering in the veggies & get consistency. Check the taste & salt if required; sprinkle hot spices powder and few coriander leaves and put a suitable cover on the cooker. Put it aside for five minutes for seasoning. It enhances the flavor of food because of spices and coriander leaves.
STEP5
Tips:- For This Green Pigeon Peas Recipes:
It is also been eaten with deep-fried bread(Wheat Poori) to enjoy this delicious forever. Serve Green peas masala with a flat round bread (rotis, parathas, ragi roti). This gravy masala is very tasteful and likes to eat everyone. This masala gravy also accompanies steam rice too.
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