Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup Green Peas
- 1.5 tsp salt, divided in 0.75 tsp + 0.5 tsp
- 1 tsp Sugar
- 2 Cups Fresh Fenugreek leaves, tightly packed
- 2 tbsp. Ghee or Oil, divided into 1 tbsp. each
- 0.25 cup Cashews
- 3 Green Chilies, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp. Garlic, finely chopped
- 1 tsp fresh Ginger, finely chopped
- 1 cup Red onion, roughly chopped
- 0.5 cup tomato sauce
- 1 black cardamoms
- 2 green cardamoms
- 1 Large Bay leaves
- 0.5 tsp Cumin seeds
- 0.25 tsp Asafetida (Hing)
- 1 tsp Coriander powder
- 1 tbsp. Kasoori Methi
- 0.5 tsp Garam masala powder
- 1 tsp Sugar
- 0.5 cup Heavy cream
Instructions
Blanch Peas:
- Boil fresh peas for 2 minutes in 3 cups of water with ½ teaspoon salt and 1 tsp sugar.
- Strain peas and dump in ice-cold water. In 2 minutes, strain the peas and put them aside.
Make Gravy:
- Heat 1 tbsp. Ghee in a medium-sized pan until melted. Heat should be medium-low.
- Add Cashew, and fry until cashews turn slightly brown.
- Add chopped green chilies, garlic, and Ginger. Fry for 2 minutes.
- Add chopped onion. Fry until the onion turns translucent.
- Add tomato sauce and 1 tsp salt. Stir, cover the pan and cook on low heat for 3 minutes.
- Remove from heat and let it cool to room temperature.
- Puree the cooked mixture in a blender.
Prepare Methi Malai Mutter:
- Heat 1 tbsp. Ghee in low flame.
- Add Cardamoms (half crushed), bay leaves, and cumin seeds to the pan. Once the cumin seeds stop spluttering, add Asafetida (hing). Stir and cook for 10 seconds.
- Add the prepared puree to the pan. Stir and cook on medium heat until you see Oil separate on edge.
- Add fenugreek leaves to the pan. Stir and continue to cook until Methi leaves wilt (2-3 minutes).
- Add 0.5 cup water, stir and continue to cook.
- Test the taste for salt. If needed, add salt.
- Add coriander powder, and stir. Cook for 1 minute.
- Add blanched peas and 0.25 cup water. Stir and cover the pot. Cook for 2 minutes on low flame.
- Add fenugreek leaves, garam masala, and cream. Stir and cook until the gravy comes to a boil.
- Turn off the heat. Add cilantro leaves. Stir.
- Serve hot with roti, naan, or chapati.
- Prep Time: 15 Minutes
- Cook Time: 30
- Category: Curry
- Cuisine: Indian
- Diet: Vegetarian
Keywords: Fenugreek, Methi, Indian curry