Pattani kuzhambu is a south Indian tamarind curry with white dried peas and spices, goes well with rice or even chapathi.
I got this recipe from Raji as Pattani kuzhambu, can be called peas masala as well.
Already have a peas masala recipe, but this one is a very easy one. And as Raji told, its perfect for crispy dosas.
Though I made it for Jeera rice the other day for Aj and had with roti myself, it's supposed to be eaten with dosa or puri.
My family is not yet used to have masalas for idli/ dosa except for kadappa. I very rarely make that one too.
The first thing I like about this pattani kuzhambu recipe is it's so simple without any too much of overpowering masalas.
Just minimum ingredients, but oh my! It smell great. When I was cooking, Aj came to kitchen and asked amma what are you cooking?
It smells great!. So try this simple one, just soak the peas and you can make it fast too.
Method
- Soak dried peas overnight in enough water.(i.e; if you want to make in the morning, soak night, if you want to make in the night, soak in the morning). Pressure cook directly in a small cooker with a cup of water for 2 whistles.
- Meanwhile peel garlic and grind it with ginger,pepper and jeera along with very little water if needed. Make sure you use a very small piece of ginger.
- Transfer the cooked peas to another vessel and in the same pressure cooker, add oil and finely chopped onion and fry till transparent. Add the ground ginger garlic paste and fry till raw smell goes away. Do it in medium flame.
- Then add finely chopped tomatoes, turmeric, sambar powder and salt. Fry till it becomes mushy.
- Add the cooked peas, add a cup of water and mix well. Pressure cook for another whistle in medium flame. You can simmer for 15 minutes as well instead of again pressure cooking. Water quantity may vary. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves generously.
Notes
- After opening the pressure cooker in the last step, you can give it a boil for a minute. You can add coriander leaves and some torn curry leaves at this stage while boiling.
- The gravy by itself is rich as the peas gets cooked and gives a rich texture. But if you are making it for roti, you can make it even more richer by adding ¼ cup milk at the end. Just mix and do not boil.
- You can adapt this recipe and keep it as base for even making potato masala. Turns out great.
- Since we use a lot of garlic, it helps to nullify the gastric quality of peas as well.
This kuzhambu/ Masala is perfect as side dish for crispy dosa . we can also eat it with roti,puri or even with mild pulav.
Pattani kuzhambu recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup Dried peas
- 2 Onion large
- 2 Tomato
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric
- 2 teaspoon Sambar powder
- 1 tablespoon Oil
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 tablespoon Coriander leaves
To grind
- 5 Garlic
- ½ inch Ginger
- ½ teaspoon Pepper
- ¼ teaspoon Cumin seeds
Instructions
- Soak dried peas overnight in enough water. (i.e; if you want to make in the morning, soak night, if you want to make in the night, soak in the morning).
- Pressure cook directly in a small cooker with a cup of water for 2 whistles.
- Meanwhile peel garlic and grind it with ginger, pepper and jeera along with very little water if needed.
- Make sure you use a very small piece of ginger.
- Transfer the cooked peas to another vessel and in the same pressure cooker, add oil and finely chopped onion and fry till transparent.
- Add the ground ginger garlic paste and fry till raw smell goes away. Do it in medium flame.
- Then add finely chopped tomatoes, turmeric, sambar powder and salt.
- Fry till it becomes mushy. Add the cooked peas, add a cup of water and mix well.
- Pressure cook for another whistle in medium flame.
- You can simmer for 15 minutes as well instead of again pressure cooking. Water quantity may vary.
- Garnish with chopped coriander leaves generously.
Notes
- After opening the pressure cooker in the last step, you can give it a boil for a minute. You can add coriander leaves and some torn curry leaves at this stage while boiling.
- The gravy by itself is rich as the peas gets cooked and gives a rich texture. But if you are making it for roti, you can make it even more richer by adding ¼ cup milk at the end. Just mix and do not boil.
- You can adapt this recipe and keep it as base for even making potato masala. Turns out great.
- Since we use a lot of garlic, it helps to nullify the gastric quality of peas as well.
Sangeetha Nambi
Real yummy dish...
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Sowmya D.S.L
yummy curry... will make it for dinner raks 🙂 nice clicks too
Sudha Sabarish
Simple and delicious masala.I would love to have it with dosa rather than roti.
Revathi
best side dish for chapatti...simple curry..neat clicks..
sowmya(creative saga)
Looks nice and delicious...I would love this with my rotis..
Priti S
I do very similar way ...looks so yum and so the platter
Chitra
Looks nice. never tried this way. will make it 🙂
Swathy Kishore
Hi Raji, Can i do this with fresh peas (the green color ones). Sorry but i have not seen the above color peas?
Please let me know
Nivedhanams Sowmya
Wow the plate is so inviting!!!! delicious clicks!!
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Michaela Samant
Nice. I will sure try this one.
APARNARAJESHKUMAR
yellow peas are always great ! i love this kind of pattani for rice ! good photos
prathibha Garre
nice n delicious gravy..perfect platter for those hunger cravings..yumm
Shama Nagarajan
yummy and inviting recipe.. .
ShravsCookBookBlog
Peas Masala tastes so good...yummy recipe
Gayathri Ramanan
Yummy curry...good for chapathi..
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Dipti Joshi
I prepare this in similar way and use it as a base for 'Misal Pav' or 'Ragda Pattice'. It is very tasty and really easy to make it in pressure cooker.
RAKS KITCHEN
Try and see Swathy, I haven't tried yet, but I think it will work.
Uma Ramanujam
Nice one Raks. Liked the preparation as it doesn't need coconut.
Sharmilee! :)
Sounds easy and flavourful will surely give a try and see.....love the 2nd click!!
CaySera
wow that looks yummy. Lovely pictures.
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Aruna Manikandan
sounds simple and delicious raji 🙂
Hamaree Rasoi
Such a delicious curry to enjoy with chapati
Divya Kudua
I love a spicy curry with jeera rice too and this kuzhambu looks lip smacking!
Divya Kudua
I love a spicy curry with jeera rice too and this kuzhambu looks lip smacking!
notyet100
New recipe for me to try ,platter looks inviting
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M D
Your peas masala looks absolutely delicious!
divya
Amazing clicks dear and simply wonderful recipe. Mouthwatering here.
ANU
awesome plate full of yummy food....
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Gayu
Very yummy curry..Love it with jeera rice..
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sathu
hi
just have an doubt.
can we mix this with plain rice like regular sambar satham.
Laavanya
I usually end up using this yellow peas for ragda patties... this pattani kurma sounds fabulous.
Anthony
It looks delicious!
Jeyashrisuresh
This sounds very interesting and looks very inviting too.
Veena Theagarajan
this sound interesting I seldom do peas dishes (as my 2nd son is not a big fan) This one too tempting.. will try soon
chitra
hi raji did u use chickpeas or dried white peas...
Sangeetha
Loved this easy n quick peas kuzhambu...sounds interesting n yummy! Inviting pics as always!
sasha
Aiyo i added more ginger since i was cooking for large people.... the gravy became spicy and the ginger flavour was more. So added coconut & cashew nut paste to the gravy. But still the ginger flavour is more.... 🙁 🙁 🙁
Unknown
Can u pls how to prepare sambar powder.
Sobiya Khan, Nagpur
Dear Raks..This is my first comment in ur blog..First of all thx for such a lovely blog!!I tried ur this recipe with black gram (commonly k/as kala chana in India)instead of peas along with a few variations..Bt it turned out to be gr8...I njoyed it with Roti & Jeera Rice..:-) My best wishez to U..
chitra
Hi Raks...is this chick peas or white normal peas....can u clarify...
Raks anand
It's white normal peas
Dimple
Hi , I tried once when I read accept your recipe and from then on I do pattani kulambu only this way .