Name: Vatana Nu Leelu Shaak
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons ground coriander; 1½ cups (225 grams) shelled fresh green peas; 1 teaspoon ground roasted cumin; 2 green chiles, stemmed and roughly chopped; 1-inch (2½-cm) piece fresh ginger, roughly chopped; ½ teaspoon brown mustard seeds; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; ½ teaspoon red chile powder; 1 teaspoon table salt; ½ teaspoon garam masala (spice mix)

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to Cook Indian

By Sanjeev Kapoor

Published 2011

About

In the Gujarati language the name of this dish means “peas in green curry,” and it is one of the simplest and smartest ways to capture the sweetness of fresh green peas in a side dish. It’s especially good with roti and raita.

Ingredients

1-inch (2½-cm) piece fresh ginger, roughly chopped
2 green chiles, stemmed and roughly chopped<

Method

Put the ginger and chiles in a spice grinder with 1 tablepoon water, and grind to a fine paste.
Place a nonstick sauté pan over medium heat and add the oil. When small bubbles appear at the bottom of the pan, add the asafetida and mustard seeds, and sauté until the seeds begin to sputter. Add the ginger-chile paste and peas, and sauté for 2 minutes, stirring co