A hearty, warming curry made with whole yellow peas. The peas naturally add great flavor and aroma to the curry.
By Pushpa Kumar
Whole Yellow Peas Curry
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 3 1x
Description
A hearty, warming curry made with whole yellow peas. The peas naturally add great flavor and aroma to the curry.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup dry whole yellow peas
- 1 large onion
- 1 small potato – optional
- 2 ripe tomatoes-pureed
- 3 hot serrano peppers minced
- 1/2 tbsp grated ginger
- 1/2 tbsp grated garlic
- 1/2 tsp each chilli pwd and coriander pwd
- 1/2 tsp turmeric pwd
- 1/2 tsp fennel seeds
- 3–4 tbsp oil
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
- 5 cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- Few curry leaves
- Garam masala as per taste
- Salt as per taste
Instructions
- Soak the dry peas overnight,drain and pressure cook them with 3 cups water. In a separate pan heat oil then add fennel seeds,cloves,cinnamon,curry leaves. Then add the pepper,ginger,garlic,onions,salt and stir cook till the onions turn golden and the raw smell disappears. Add the cooked peas,tomato puree and the dry powders and cook for few mins. Add chopped cilantro and water as needed and stir cook till the curry blends together. Enjoy hot!!
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
Made this for dinner tonight and it’s good! Thanks for great recipe!!
How long do you cook the peas in an Instant Pot? I tried 15 mins and they turned to mush last time. I would like to try this recipe.
Absolutely delicious! One thing–you need to note in the recipe how long to cook the peas in the pressure cooker. I used whole yellow peas and it took about 25 mins to get them to a good texture (I did not soak overnight, so that might have been my issue). Also, I added about a tablespoon of curry and a bit more ginger to bump things up. Also, I only used one serrano–3 would have blown my head off! Served with basmati and raita. So good! Will go into my dinner rotation!
Thank you for the notes Dana, much appreciated!!