I have abhorrence for
people who spend their quality time criticizing others. It seems they have
nothing worthwhile to do other than wagging their tongues in bitching and
backbiting. On our arrival here, in the very first week we met a couple who
happens to be a colleague of my hubby and whom I met for the first time. They
began the conversation making crude remarks about people I was yet to meet; my
hubby's other colleagues and their families. It very rarely happens with me
that I develop an instant dislike for people at the very first meeting because
I don't come into any conclusion about people unless I know them well or have
spent a generous amount of time with them.
It just occurred to me that
if the couple so frankly engaged in censuring people whom they hardly know for
few weeks in front of me, who was a total stranger to them, they might do the
same about us to others. Can these sorts be ever trusted? No, absolutely not. This
nosy and gossipy kind creates rifts among people and it is better to shy away
from them.
Coming back to the recipe, this aloo mutter masala curry is my favourite and one of the recipes which I picked up from a North Indian friend while sharing meals at luncheon.
Ingredients: Cooking
time: 25 minutes
ü 1 cup green peas (parboiled)
ü 2 large size potatoes (cut into cubes)
ü 1 large tomato (cut into thin wedges)
ü 1 onion (ground into paste)
ü 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
ü 5-6 green chillies (chopped)
ü 2 tsp cumin powder
ü 2 tsp coriander powder
ü 1 tsp dry red chilli powder
ü 1 tsp turmeric powder
ü 1 tsp dry mango powder
ü 1 tsp garam masala powder
ü Salt to taste
ü 2 tsp sugar
ü White oil for cooking
ü Coriander leaves for garnishing
For sauté:
ü 1 tsp cumin powder
ü A pinch of hing or asafetida powder
Method:
1) Heat oil in a wok.
When oil turns smoking hot, add the ingredients for sauté and allow them to sizzle.
2) Add the onion paste
and shallow fry till onion changes color. Add ginger-garlic paste followed by
the spices - turmeric powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, dry red chilli
powder and dry mango powder. Sauté for couple of minutes till oil floats on
the surface.
3) Add the potatoes, green
peas and the green chillies. Combine well. Add 1/2 cup of water and simmer
away till potatoes soften.
4) Add salt and sugar.
Cook for 1 minute more.
5) Finally sprinkle garam
masala powder on top and add the tomato wedges. Give a good stir. Turn the
heat off.
6) Garnish with coriander
leaves and serve hot with roti or chapati.
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