This mutter tomato gravy is a modified version from the regular one, but is an excellent side dish for roti, paratha or nan. I make this peas and tomato gravy if I want to have some change from the usual flavors that I normally cook. It takes only 30 minutes to make this dish and so very convenient for busy days.
After my son’s Birthday Party, I was pretty exhausted and also had left over’s. One of such left over’s was Pita Bread. So I decided to just use them as Naan (Indian bread) and wanted to make a side dish for it. That is how I made the peas and tomato gravy from a cookbook that I have had for over 15 years.
Actually, I do have the actual cookbook, but a photocopy of the book that my mother sent from India. This recipe goes towards my second day of blogging Marathon under the theme cooking from a cookbook.
This book is called ‘A compendium of recipes (vegetarian) and the author of this book is Vatsala.R. Kettay. This book has several Indian recipes and also some continental recipes.
Usually I make a quick peas masala with onions and tomatoes to pack for lunch. This Mutter Tomato Gravy recipe though is very different from what I use and it does take some time to make it. The flavors were spot on and were passed by the critics in the house, except my little one who does not like peas.
I really think now even liking or disliking certain vegetables is passed on genetically. I used to be a peas hater when I was young. I mean I still do not like peas, but I can tolerate it in recipes as long as it is not in abundance.
As a parent, I do believe that kids have to eat all their vegetables and there is no getting away from it, except when it comes to peas. So I just gave him more tomatoes and sneaked some peas in with it.
Preparation time – 15 mins
Cooking time – 30 mins
Difficulty level – easy
Ingredients to make Mutter Tomato Gravy – serves 4-6
- Green peas (shelled) – 1 cup
- Tomatoes – 4 large (chopped)
- Desiccated coconut – ½ cup
- Onion – 1 (chopped) plus 1 (ground)
- Slit green chilies – 4
- Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
- Curry leaves – few
- Ghee/oil – 2 tbsp
- Salt – to taste
- Poppy seeds – 1 tsp
- Garlic – 4 cloves
- Green chilies – 2
- Sesame seeds – 2 tsp
- Ginger – 1 inch piece
- Garam masala – ½ tsp
- Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
- Coriander leaves – ½ cup (chopped)
- Mint leaves – ¼ cup (optional)
Procedure –
- In a small pan roast the poppy seeds, garlic, 2 green chilies and sesame seeds in very little oil.
- Now grind it into a smooth paste along with ginger, coriander leaves and mint leaves. Keep aside.
- In a medium pan, heat oil and add the cumin seeds and curry leaves. Let it splutter and then add the chopped onion and desiccated coconut and fry till golden brown.
- Now add the ground onion and sauté for 5-7 mins.
- Next add the ground masala along with turmeric powder and garam masala and fry well.
- Once the masala starts to get aromatic, add the shelled peas and the tomatoes along with salt and let it come to a boil. Add enough water to bring the gravy into the required consistency. Let it simmer until the peas and the tomatoes cook.
- Serve hot with rice or Parathas!
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Recipe
Mutter Tomato Gravy | Peas And Tomato Gravy
Equipment
- pan
- bowl
- spatula
Ingredients
- 1 cup Green peas shelled
- 4 large Tomatoes chopped
- ½ cup Desiccated coconut
- 1 Onion chopped plus 1 (ground)
- 4 Slit green chilies
- 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
- few Curry leaves
- 2 tablespoon Ghee/oil
- to taste Salt
- 1 teaspoon Poppy seeds
- 4 cloves Garlic
- 2 Green chilies
- 2 Sesame seeds
- 1 inch piece Ginger
- ½ teaspoon Garam masala
- ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- ½ cup Coriander leaves chopped
- ¼ cup Mint leaves optional
Instructions
- In a small pan roast the poppy seeds, garlic, 2 green chilies and sesame seeds in very little oil.
- Now grind it into a smooth paste along with ginger, coriander leaves and mint leaves. Keep aside.
- In a medium pan, heat oil and add the cumin seeds and curry leaves. Let it splutter and then add the chopped onion and desiccated coconut and fry till golden brown.
- Now add the ground onion and sauté for 5-7 mins.
- Next add the ground masala along with turmeric powder and garam masala and fry well.
- Once the masala starts to get aromatic, add the shelled peas and the tomatoes along with salt and let it come to a boil. Add enough water to bring the gravy into the required consistency. Let it simmer until the peas and the tomatoes cook.
- Serve hot with rice or Parathas!
cookcookandcook says
loved the gravy.. you have got such rich color.. 🙂
Kalyani says
delish gravy ! and nice way to use up veggies too..
Shylaja Praveen says
Gravy looks delicious. Goes well with chappathi/roti. Nice explanations too
Suma Gandlur says
I love the stuff that went into your gravy. We can use it with any combo of veggies. And your matar tomato dish looks great.
Pavani says
Love that spices used in the curry. Sounds so flavorful and delicious.
Manju says
Quick gravy, good one for busy days.
Harini-Jaya Rupanagudi says
The gravy with poppy seeds sounds good! Peas by itself is generally not appreciated at our place. I will have to pair it with other vegetables like Potato 🙂
Nivedhanams Sowmya says
delicious recipe... very healthy tooo!!!
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PriyaVaasu says
Aromatic gravy! !!!! I miss poppy seeds here. It is banned here so cannot bring from india also !!! 🙁
Gayathri Kumar says
The masala looks very flavouful. The gravy must have tasted great with the masala....
Sangeetha Priya says
delicious gravy dear, very comforting sidedish...
divya says
Wow ! Super recipe...
The Pumpkin Farm says
nice and inviting recipe, comfort food sorts
Ramya Krishnamurthy says
delicious and yummy gravy:)
Julie says
tempting side dish for rotis!!
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Kitchen Queen says
very tempting gravy and dish. do visit my space too.
Srivalli says
Does sound very good, can have the peas in as many forms as one can..:)
Chef Mireille says
all those varied spices must have made it so so delicious
Priya says
Excellent side dish for parathas, i can have two more rotis with this fingerlicking gravy.
vaishali sabnani says
this is a new gravy..and I have book marked!..use of poppy seeds will make it rich and delicious!
Sona S says
delicious curry..
Manjula Bharath says
yummy gravy 🙂
Jayashree says
LOL at your statement about how kids should eat all their veggies....except peas 🙂
veena krishnakumar says
Now that fresh peas are available in plenty , I think I should make this!
Sudha Sabarish says
Gravy looks yum.will soon try your version.
Rohini says
yum Sandhya...