GOAN STYLE VATANA USAL / VATANYACHI USAL / DRIED PEAS CURRY

Vatanyachi Usal  is a quite simple preparation with out onion and garlic. The gravy is coconut primarily based with some roasted spices floor collectively. Normally Goan Hindus make this on festive days like Diwali, Tulsi Vivah and so forth and so forth. together with many different vegetarian dishes. You possibly can relish this with puris or pav bread.(ladi pav)

Substances

Dried inexperienced or yellow vatanas – 1 cup (soak them in a single day)

Salt – to style

Oil – 2-3 tbsps

Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp

Purple chilli powder – 1/2 tsp or extra as you want.

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Hing / asafoetida – 2 pinches

Lemon – 1/2 

Coriander leaves – handful

Roast & Grind:

Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp

Coriander seeds – 1 tbsp

Cinnamon – 1″ piece

Cloves – 5

Inexperienced cardamoms – 5

Purple chilli – 1

Pepper corns – 8-10

Star anise – 1

Ginger – 1″ piece

Coconut – 4-5 tbsps 

Methodology:

1. Soak the vatana over evening. 

2. Boil them in a pan with 3 cups of water and little salt. We will use the water for gravy. Keep away from utilizing strain cooker as they turn into mushy very quick.

3. In a pan dry roast the entire spices first. Take away them.

4. Subsequent roast the coconut and ginger till the color modifications.

5. First grind the dry components and add the coconut and ginger with ample water to make a coarser paste. Considerably like coconut chutney.

6. In a pan warmth oil and add the mustard seeds and asafoetida.

7. After they crackle, cut back the flame and add the turmeric and chilli powder. 

8. Now stir within the floor masala paste and saute it. 

9. Add salt and the boiled vatanas. Use the strained water of the vatanas for the gravy. Preserve the consistency to your desire. 

10. Simmer on low flame for a minute or two till the masala will get cooked. Squeeze out the lemon juice lastly. Add some coriander leaves.

11. Serve with pooris or pav bread. 

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This recipe is for A-Z problem – Season 2 

Season 1 – Now we have accomplished the primary season making the recipes alphabetically with components with English names. ( eg. A – Apple, Artichoke, Asparagus ..)

Season 2 – We determined to make the recipes alphabetically with Hindi names. ( A – Anar, Adrak Aloo … )

This month the Alphabet is V

Recipe Checklist of A-Z Problem (Season 2)

A – Adraki Aloo  (Child Potatoes with ginger and spice powders)

I – Imli Gosht ( Hyderabadi type tangy Mutton Curry)

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