Sanjeev Kapoor

Vatana Nu Leelu Shaak

Freshly shelled green peas

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

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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

  1. Put the ginger and chiles in a spice grinder with 1 tablepoon water, and grind to a fine paste.
  2. 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