What?
This was the first time I was making Aloo Mutter. I mean, it's hardly different from aloo rassa/jhol/whatever, but, well, a new dish's a new dish.
How did it look?
A posteriori
- No onions in the gravy this time. Just tomatoes and some puree (which I use all the time because it is so much more convenient and makes stuff richer). Tomatoes here are pretty costly, so I normally put half a tomato for the texture, and puree for the actual gravy.
- I added some dry garlic chutney I have gotten from home. It is pretty useful and can be used directly on sandwiches too!
- As some improvisation, I added some Paav Bhaaji masaala too at the end. Not too much, half a tea-spoon maybe. But it deed help in imparting good fragrance.
- The quickest and the most convenient way to make it would be using a pressure cooker, but since the cooker I have is too small for making enough for 4 people, that's ruled out. Cooking potatoes with the gravy takes too long. So, I normally put the whole thing in the µWave after the chhonk and then just cook it for like 6 minutes. Nomw the potatoes are about 3/4th cooked. Back to the pan and I can now add water for the gravy and let it boil once. Bingo.
Simple things are most often the most satisfying.
ReplyDeletePS : Mutter? and not maTar? :)
Coriander wonder
ReplyDelete@ anasuya :simple? mujhe to koi bhi sabzi simple nahi lagti,sabme time lagta hai(except papad ki sabzi) :) tu banati hai kya ?
ReplyDeleteWell, time lagna aur simplicity dono.n alag cheezei.n hai.n
ReplyDeleteIf it's easier to screw up, it is tough, even though it might take less time.
précisément
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I found it a bit watery. There are n number of ways to thicken a gravy. In your case, you could have smashed 2-3 dices of boiled potatoes and added it to the tomato puree. But considering the fact that you have prepared it for the first time, you are excused :D :P
ReplyDeleteI would put it more as jhol/rassa rather than gravy. Sometimes you enjoy that kinda stuff too.
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