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January 4, 2009

Bread peas masala



Peas Masala(or kurma) goes well with bread and rotis. It makes an ideal tiffin on days when you have some left over gravy and a few pieces of bread. I used dried peas in this recipe.

Ingredients:
Dried peas-1 cup
Jeera-1 tsp
Onion chopped-1(small)
Tomatoes chopped-2(small)
Salt
Bread slices-3
Lime juice from 1 small lime
Oil-2 tbsp

Spice powders(measurements can be adjusted according to your taste):
Chilli powder
Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
Coriander powder-1 tsp
Garam masala powder-1/2 tsp
Coriander leaves-to garnish

To grind to a smooth paste with 1/4 cup of water:
Coconut-1/2 cup
Cashews-12
Green chilli
Garlic pods-3
Ginger-1 inch piece
Cloves-4
Cinnamon-2 inch stick
Cardamom-2
Dhaniya-1/2 tsp

Method:
Soak peas overnight in water and pressure cook for 3 whistles or until soft.
Grind the above mentioned ingredients with water and set aside.
Heat oil in a pan. Tamper jeera. Add chopped onion and fry till golden brown.
Add tomatoes, salt and spice powders. Fry till tomatoes turn soft. Now add the ground paste and some water to desired consistency and bring the mixture to a boil. Simmer and cook till oil starts to float on top(15 minutes). Add cooked peas and continue to cook for 5 minutes.
Garnish with coriander leaves. Add lime juice and mix well.
Serve with rotis.

Use some left over gravy to make bread peas masala for afternoon tiffin/snack.
Cut each bread into 2-3 pieces and lightly toast with butter.
Top it off with peas masala.

Note:You may omit cashews if you want the gravy to be light.
Instead of grinding cashews along with coconut, you can dry grind cashews coarsely and sprinkle the powder in the end.

45 comments:

  1. OOps..i too love them..grean peas and bread ? Why are you tempting me like this yaa ? Its wonderful and the khorma recipe is new to me..lemme try this too..

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  2. Looks delicious..! yummy click too !

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  3. Kanna,
    Your Bread peas masala looks delicious.
    Appa

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  4. I just had my dinner and i still dont mind having that :-)

    I think that dried peas taste better than the frozen peas on such subzi. what do u say?kjlkj

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  5. sorry..i noticed that m y toddler cvn had typed it something only after clicking publish

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  6. ooh, looks so mouth-watering. Nice tempting picture.

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  7. I actually like dried peas better than the fresh ones, they have a nice bite to it.
    Looks great.

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  10. good idea of using the peas masala this way for evening snack..

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  11. Wow!! I have not tried peas masala with bread. Nice idea. Awesome Click

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  12. never tried this with dried peas..but loved the combination..gr8 for breakfast

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  13. That would be a quick tiffin for the busy days! Looks good the masala

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  14. Thats weird ...coz i love to eat curries with bread rather than roti,it has to be either rice or bread earlier,but now since i don't want my son to pick up tht habit,i reluctantly have curries with roti:-(
    This is such a simple yet flavorful recipe,thnks for sharing

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  15. Wow green peas bread masala tempting me a lot...delicious n prefect for everyone!!

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  16. Looking awesome and delicious..This will be definitely useful for us..Thanks for sharing..

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  17. Great peas masala lookks very spicy and tasty.I would like to have it as soon as possible.
    You can send this entry to my event.
    Here is the link
    http://sindhura-bayleaf.blogspot.com/2009/01/bayleafs-sandwich-event.html

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  18. Sorry made one small change in the event.Your support is appreciated.
    Event is The Bread Mania and here is the link
    http://sindhura-bayleaf.blogspot.com/2009/01/bayleafs-sandwich-event.html

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  19. Looks great! Awesome picture too!

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  20. Looks delicious, Mahimaa. Annapoorna in Coimbatore used to have a 'Peas Masala Dosai' with a similar gravy but only a little thicker. I am sure it makes the bread taste good as well :)

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  21. Very tempting .I love peas masala and can have it anytime.its perfect with bread

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  22. This curry does look creamy and yummy, Mahimaa, and it must be delicious on the bread.

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  23. Love this masala recipe!

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  24. lovely snack! I do this with chana!

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  25. that looks soo awesome. this is a lovely idea Thanks for sharing

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  26. Looks really tempting...the lassi below looks pretty yum too :-)

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  27. Bread peas masala supera iruku Mahi.Looks really yummy.ideal for evening snack.

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  28. peas masala looks delicious... and adding cashews must give a nice taste :)

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  29. Bread Peas masala looks delicious....I make something similar to go with chapathis.

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  30. Peas masala on bread looks yumm! I love the taste of dried peas for kurma's. Unfortunately don't get it here so use frozen green peas.

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  31. Mahi, ridgegourd kasakadhu. actually, it has a slight sweet taste. In indian stores they call it as Chinese okra, in case you cant find ridgegourd :)

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  32. Yet another yummy recipe Mahima ! I love this peas masala....I made similar one as ragda for my ragda patties.
    Woonderful pictures as usual :-)

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  33. Look very beautiful. I like the idea of using dried peas. Very nutrtious.

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  34. neat..like the ease of the dish.

    ...thanks for stopping by :)

    i hope i can expect frequent visits from you. :p

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  35. haiyo this is my favo dish.. whenever i visited my periamma's house she surely prepare this for me... recently i visited there in winter holidays and had this...

    yum yum yummy.. i trust that plate is still waiting for me to pickup...

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  36. bread peas masala looks very delicious Mahima & nice photo.

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  37. Thanks friends :)

    Alka, it is surprising to know that you like curries with bread than rotis.

    Adlak, nice to know that it's your fav dish.

    Anudivya, i also like dried peas better than frozen ones.

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  38. I'm making this today. I think I'll try to shoot it, but I don't think it will be as pretty as your picture!

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