Pachai Pattani Masala – Peas Masala

Green Peas stir fried with semi thick spicy tomato onion masala, perfect side for rice or chapati!

Pachai Pattani Masala – Fresh Green Peas cooked and stir fried with Onion, tomato and curry powder. This South Indian style green peas masala is one of the favorites at home to have with sambar or rasam rice.

WHICH GREEN PEAS TO USE?

Green Peas (Pisum sativum) is the main ingredient for this masala. You may use freshly shelled green peas, or go with quick frozen or the dried peas.

Frozen Green Peas – For a quick version, use frozen peas which takes very little time to cook or steam.  They are  blanched and quick frozen, partially cooked and hardly takes few minutes to turn tender and soft. 

Freshly shelled peas are tender too and also takes just under 10 minutes to cook while dried peas takes prep work. Dried green peas needs to be soaked for at least 10 hours, then needs to be pressure cooked for 4 to 5 whistles. Here is a version of Pachai Pattani Kurma using dried green peas.

The first time I got to know about this recipe if through our home help Vasantha akka. Back in the 80’s, almost all my school days summer vacation was at my granny’s. Every Saturday this will be on the menu with mochai kara kuzhambu, vellai kootu kari, rasam, cutlet and appalam!

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Pachai Pattani Masala – Green Peas Masala

Simple, homestyle green peas fry / masala, green peas cooked with spicy tomato onion base and spices.

Prep Time5 minutes mins

Cook Time15 minutes mins

Total Time20 minutes mins

Course: dinner, lunch, Side Dish

Cuisine: south indian, tamil nadu

Keyword: green peas, masala, pachai pattani, varuval

Servings: 4

Author: Mullai Madavan

Ingredients

Temper

• 2 tbsp Oil peanut or coconut oil
• 1/2 tsp Mustard
• 1/2 tsp Split black gram
• 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
• 5 each Curry leaves

Saute

• 1 cup Green Peas fresh shelled peas / quick frozen ***Read notes
• 1 cup Onion finely chopped
• 1/2 cup Tomato finely chopped or crushed
• 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic paste
• 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 tsp Red chilli powder
• 1 tbsp Coriander powder
• ½ tsp Cumin powder
• 1/2 tsp Black Pepper powder
• 1.5 tsp Salt or to taste
• 5 leaves Curry leaves
• 1/4 cup Coriander leaves garnish
• 1/4 cup Water

Instructions

• Heat oil in a wide stir fry pan.
  
• Temper with mustard seeds, split black gram, cumin seeds and some curry leaves.
  
• Saute finely chopped onions until soft. (2 to 3 minutes)
  
• Add ginger garlic paste and saute until the raw smell goes.
  
• Now add chopped tomatoes and cook until soft.
  
• Add turmeric powder, coriander powder, red chili powder, cumin powder, black pepper powder and salt.
  
• Fry these masala powder with the onion tomato mixture until it gets browned.
  
• Once it turns semi thick, add either freshly shelled green peas or quick frozen. Saute for few minutes.
  
• Add little water, cover and cook for 10 minutes over low medium flame until the peas turn soft and tender.
  
• Quick frozen peas are partially cooked / blanched, hence takes less time to cook. Adjust cooking time accordingly.
  
• Make sure the peas are cooked before proceeding to next step. It should feel soft and mushy when pressed or else allow additional minutes to cook.
  
• Once the peas cooks, the base will still have a semi thick gravy consistency. You may garnish and finish at this stage if serving it as side for poori or chapati.
  
• To serve as a side for rice, continue to stir fry little longer until it thickens to semi thick masala stage.
  
• Garnish with fresh curry and coriander leaves and switch off! Serve it as a side for sambar or rasam sadam!
  

Notes

Green Peas -You can use any green peas for this recipe Dried / Fresh / Quick Frozen

If using Dried Peas – Soak for 8 to 10 hours, pressure cook for 4 to 5 whistles or until tender. 

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