Aloo Matar Curry -beautiful vegetarian Punjabi dish from the subcontinent.

Aloo muttar is a Punjabi dish from the Indian subcontinent which is made from potatoes and peas in a spiced creamy tomato based sauce.

It is a vegetarian dish. The sauce is generally cooked with garlic, ginger, onion, tomatoes,  cumin seeds and other spices.

• 2 lge potatoes
• 200gm peas
• 1 lge onion
• 1 lge tomato
• 1″ piece fresh ginger
• 1/4 teas red chilli powder
• 1 teas cumin powder
• 1/8 teas turmeric
• 3 tabs oil
• salt to taste

1. Peel potatoes and cut into cubes
2. Grate onion
3. Cut ginger finely
4. Cut tomato
5. Heat oil in pressure cooker and fry onion and ginger until golden brown
6. Add tomatoes and fry ntil oil separates
7. Add peas, potatoes and spices and salt
8. Stir for 2 minutes
9. Add 2 cups water, close lid and bring to full pressure on maximum heat
10. Reduce heat to medium and cook for 3 minutes
11. Allow cooker to cool gradually BEFORE opening
12. Can be garnished with coriander leaves.