Qeema Matar
Qeema Matar is a delicious dish made with minced cauliflower and fresh green peas. The vegetarian dish is a great substitute for the original meat curry.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp oil + 1ghee
- 4 onions finely chopped
- 1 cup cauliflower finely chopped
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- 2 green chillies
- 2-3 tomatoes finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp red chilly powder
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp coriander leaves
- 1/2 cup green peas boiled
Instructions
- Add oil to a pan and heat it.
- Add the chopped onions, stir for a minute and add the chopped cauliflower.
- Do not mix!
- Sprinkle salt and turmeric powder and simmer the flame.
- Cover the pan with a lid with edges.
- Pour some water over the lid.
- Let cook for 8-10 minutes.
- Carefully remove the lid, check if the cauliflower is done.
- If not then sprinkle some water over the cauliflower and cover and cook.
- Once the cauliflower is cooked, add ginger garlic paste, green chillies, tomatoes and all the dry spices, except garam masala.
- Mix everything very well and now increase the flame to full.
- Cook on full flame till the moisture from tomatoes is completely gone and you can see the oil separating.
- Now add boiled green peas and ghee.
- Mix once again, finally add some garam masala , and drizzle a tsp of ghee.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.
