Green peas carrot potato curry is an easy, healthy and flavorful side dish with spices and coconut. It goes well with the chapati, puri, and dosa.
Green Peas Curry Kerala Style:
Green peas curry is a popular dish in Kerala, it is known as patani curry. It is a spicy, healthy, and flavorful curry that serves with appam, chapati, parota, and dosa. Coconut gives an excellent flavor to the curry. Green peas and vegetables together make a wholesome side dish. Apart from soaking the green peas time, it is much easier to make at home in just a few minutes.
Smart cooking tips:
- You can add other vegetables like cauliflower, green beans, and bell pepper in this curry.
You use thick coconut milk instead of shredded coconut.
Health Benefits of Green Peas:
Green peas are low in cholesterol and fat. It is an excellent source of protein, fiber, lutein, vitamins, and minerals. The protein and fiber content of the green peas make us feel fuller for a longer time. Lutein content in the green peas promotes eye health. It is low in calorie, per cup of cooked peas contains only 134 calories. So it is a healthy snack option for the dieters and weight watchers.
Green peas carrot potato curry is an easy, healthy and flavorful side dish with spices and coconut. It goes well with the chapati, puri, and dosa.
- 1 cup Green Peas Dried
- 1 no Carrot (Large)
- 2 no Potatoes Medium
- 1 no Onion Medium
- 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- 0.50 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 2 no Green Chilies
- 1 tsp Red Chili Powder
- 2 tsp Coriander Powder
- 1 tsp Garam Masala
- 0.50 cup Shredded Coconut
- 1 tsp Whole Black Peppers
- 2 tsp Salt
- 10 no Curry Leaves
Soak the dried green peas in water for 6 to 8 hours.
Drain and discard the water from soaked green peas. In a pressure cooker, add soaked green peas, diced potatoes, chopped carrot, water, salt and cook until 8 whistles. Allow the pressure cooker to cool naturally.
Grind the shredded coconut and whole black peppers together in a blender/mixer until smooth.
In a saucepan, heat oil, add chopped onion, green chilies, curry leaves and cook until the onion becomes soft.
Add turmeric powder, ginger garlic paste and cook until the ginger garlic paste loses its raw smell.
Add coriander powder, red chili powder, garam masala and cook until the spices lose its raw smell. If required sprinkle little amount of water and cook to avoid the onion and spices getting burned.
Add the cooked peas, potatoes, and carrot along with the water content to the saucepan.
Add the grounded coconut paste and boil the curry until it reaches the desired consistency. Green peas potato carrot curry is ready to serve.
How to serve green peas potato carrot curry?
Serve green peas curry with chapati or puri or dosa.