Preparation Time: 10 mins Cooking Time: 25-30 mins Servings: 4
Ingredients:
Dried Green/Dried White peas (Vatana) - 1 1/2 cups
Asafoetida (Hing) - a pinch
Onion - 2 Medium chopped
Potato - 2 small boiled, mashed/chopped into small pieces
Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Green Chili - 3 to 4 crushed/finely chopped
Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
Lemon Juice - 1 tbsp (optional - add to taste)
Tamarind paste - 4 tbsp
Jaggery (or Sugar) - 2 tbsp
Salt - to taste
Oil - 3 tbsp
Mustard Seeds (rai/ sarson) - 1½ tsp
Cumin Seeds (jeera) - 1½ tsp
Red chili powder - 1 tbsp
Garam Masala powder - 1 tbsp
Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
chopped Coriander (Dhaniya) - 1 cup
Curry Leaves (kadi patta) - 5-6
Sev (Gram noodles) - 1 cup
Method of Preparation:
1) Wash and soak the dried green/white peas overnight or at least for 4 -5 hours
2) Drain water from peas and cook them in a pressure cooker with 3 cups of fresh water and salt till they are very well cooked almost mashed
3) Heat 3 tbsp of oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds
4) When mustard seeds begin to sizzle, add asafoetida and curry leaves and sauté for 5-6 seconds. Add onion and sauté till light brown. Add Turmeric powder, green chili, ginger garlic paste and sauté for a minute. Add mashed potatoes and mix well
5) Add Tamarind paste, Garam masala powder, red chili powder, coriander powder and cook for about 2-3 minutes
6) Add cooked peas along with the water in which they are pressure cooked and mix it well. Add jaggery, lemon juice (optional) and mix well
7) Mash few peas with the back of the spoon to make it thick. add 1½ of water, salt to taste and mix well
8) Cook it on a low flame till it becomes a thick curry
Tips:
1) You can use this ragda to make various Indian snack and chat items like Ragda Patties, Sev Usal/ Ragda chat, Ragda Puri, Ragda Samosa
2) You can use Tomato (2 small), instead of Tamarind paste
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