Thursday, January 11, 2007

Baby potato~cherry tomato~green peas gravy


This is my contribution to Creative Pooja's veggie of the week - tomato. Infact, I got the idea for this recipe from Pooja's baby potato-cherry tomato curry. So, I made a gravy and added the baby potatoes and cherry tomatoes along with green peas for more texture. The result: a delicious lightly-spiced gravy with the flavor of cherry tomatoes bursting in your mouth.

Ingredients8 or 10 baby potatoes
1/2 pound cherry tomatoes
1/2 cup green peas
1 tsp tomato paste
1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp red chilli powder
A pinch of turmeric powder
2 tsp kasoori methi (roasted and powdered)
1 tbps sour cream
Salt to taste
Fresh cilantro for garnish
Oil as needed

Make a paste1 medium onion - chopped and sautéed in oil
1 tsp poppy seeds
1 tsp sesame seeds
3 cloves
1 small piece cinnamon

Method
1. Boil the potatoes in a big pot of water. Cool and peel the skin and prick with a fork all over. You can also microwave the potatoes.
2. Pour 2 tsps of oil in a pan and sauté the potatoes until brown on all sides. Set aside on a paper towel.
Baby potatoes browned on all sides

3. Halve the cherry tomatoes and sauté in the same pan.
Halved and sauteed cherry tomatoes

4. Next sauté the peas.
Sauteed peas
5. Add the masala paste to the pan with a little oil. To this paste also add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder, ginger-garlic paste and tomato paste and fry till the oil comes out.
6. Then add the sour cream and kasoori methi and mix well.
7. Add the peas, tomatoes and potatoes along with salt and mix till they are well blended in the gravy.
8. Garnish with cilantro.
Baby potato-cherry tomato-green peas gravy
Serve with roti or pulao.
Serving size - 1 cup
Number of servings - 5 or 6

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

wow that looks so yummy, nice picture!

I always look for some new curries to go with my chapathi's. Got to try it...

Happy Sankranthi!

Madhavi.

Kavitha said...

Nice blog you have here. This baby potato/tomato recipe is really interesting.
I also loved the kadai peas recipe. Looks so professional. I think i will try making this today with some paneer added.

Anonymous said...

This looks super delicious!!!!!! Nice idea lakshmi :)

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FH said...

Gorgeous looking dish Lakshmi and sooo colorful.I loved it!:))Happy Pongal!

Nidhi said...

That looks wonderful and yummy. I think this vegetable will go well with Puri as well...Isn't it?

Thanks for sharing.

Suma Gandlur said...

Lakshmi,
Nice twist to a regular recipe.

Happy Pongal!

Viji said...

Looks so nice Lakshmi. Good idea. Tks for sharing. Viji

Bong Mom said...

Look sooooooo good.I also liked just the baby potatoes in the first pic

Seema Bhat said...

Lakshmi,
Lovely dish. The baby potatoes are really baby, I mean they are so tiny and nice looking? Where did you manage to get them from Lakshmi.
Thanks
Seema

Unknown said...

I just brought abox of cherry tomatoes for the first time and didn't know what to do with it and here you are with a recipe waiting for me...looks delicious...

Sri said...

That curry looks so so good and delicious...will try this out next time i have party at my place. Thanks for the recipe.

Kajal said...

It is great dish. I also try this dish.
kajal

Anonymous said...

Looks wonderful Lakshmi !All the gravies in your blog look like a typical restaurant style gravy.Amazing. I should make a trip to your place instead of visiting an Indian restaurant next time.hehe