Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, matar makhana curry. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Makhana Matar Curry is a delicious gravy-based dish. This can be a tasty side dish for formal dinner or even a quiet dinner with a few friends. Matar Makhana is a delicious rich curry filled with the goodness of foxnuts and green peas. The curry is mildly spiced with light sweet and tangy notes.
Matar Makhana Curry is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Matar Makhana Curry is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have matar makhana curry using 15 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Matar Makhana Curry:
- Get 1 bowl peas
- Prepare 1/4 bowl makhana (lotus seed)
- Get 12-15 cashews
- Prepare 8-10 raisins
- Take 1/2 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
- Take 1/2 tsp coriander powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- Take 1 inch ginger piece
- Take 1/4 tsp sugar
- Take 1/2 tsp kitchen king masala
- Take 4 tomatoes
- Get As per taste Salt
- Prepare as required Green coriander for garnishing
- Get 1 tbsp cream for garnishing
You can serve this gravy with Indian breads like naan, paratha and puris. For thick gravy, you can add khoya or cream which gives royal texture to this gravy. This "malai" (creamy) style curry gets its richness from the cashew nuts, cream and yogurt. Another very interesting pointer of this recipe is that very minimal spices are used.
Instructions to make Matar Makhana Curry:
- First boil peas with little salt and sugar. Now heat 1 tsp oil in a pan and roast makhanas till it becomes crisp. Keep it aside.
- For gravy heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan and add chopped tomatoes and cashews to it. Cook it for 3 - 4 min. Let it cool. Now take it into a blender and make a puree of it.
- Now heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan and add this puree to it. Cook it for 5 min. Add all spices as mentioned. Add some cashews and raisins to it. Now add peas to it and cook for 3 - 4 min. At last add makhanas and cook for 2 min. Garnish with cream and green coriander. Matar makhana is ready to serve. Enjoy it with any type of paratha.
This "malai" (creamy) style curry gets its richness from the cashew nuts, cream and yogurt. Another very interesting pointer of this recipe is that very minimal spices are used. Matar Makhana is rich gravy which prepared with puffed lotus seeds or fox nuts and green peas in gravy of tomatoes and onions. Makhana matar masala is a creamy curry where puffed lotus seeds and peas are cooked in a creamy tomato gravy with blend of spices. Malai Matar makhana sabji is a mild Indian curry recipe from Mughlai cuisine.
So that’s going to wrap it up for this special food matar makhana curry recipe. Thanks so much for your time. I am confident you will make this at home. There is gonna be more interesting food at home recipes coming up. Remember to save this page on your browser, and share it to your loved ones, colleague and friends. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!