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Home ยป Goan Dishes ยป Goan Veg Dishes ยป Green Peas Stir Fry / Chana Usali

Green Peas Stir Fry / Chana Usali

January 8, 2013 by Raksha Kamat

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Today morning when I was going to office I saw a very strange incident on the road which I felt every Indian should follow. I was following a water tanker with my bike. Lot’s of water was leaking from the tanker’s water outlet. We were stuck in a traffic jam and water kept flowing from the tanker. A lady came out from a shop with a big bucket and kept it under the outlet and filled water. The tanker driver did not evenย realise. The lady was smart, she knows the value of water and made a small attempt to save the leaking water. I wish every person could make an attempt everyday to save some amount of water. I really liked this incident which happened today morning and thought I should share it here.
Right now my little one got a story book for me to read out aloud. She always wants to listen to some stories at bed-time. Every other day I should invent a new story ๐Ÿ™‚ My hubby’s friend sent home 2 story books from The USA to inculcate a book reading hobby in my daughter. She can’t read, so I read the stories aloud and I translate them to Konkani so that she may understand.ย I am going to up my little one to bed now.
I hope you all like the recipe of Green Peas Stir Fry

Ingredients:
1 tsp Mustard seeds
1 tsp Jeera/Cumin Seeds
1/2 tsp asafoetida
5-10 curry leaves
2 dry red chillies
1 green chili
1 big sized onion cut length-wise
1 chopped tomato
1 cup green peas/green chanas
2 tablespoon tamarind paste
2 tablespoon grated coconut

Procedure:

Soak the green chanas overnight and pressure cook them by adding 4-5 cups of water. Keep aside.
Alternatively, green peas can be used.

In a kadai/frying pan, add 2-3 tablespoon oil. After it heats, add mustard seeds. When they flutter add cumin seeds.ย Let the cumin seeds crackle.

Then add asafoetida, red chillies and curry leaves.

After 3 Min’s, add onion and fry till the onion turns translucent.

Then add chopped tomatoes and fry till it turns mushy.

Add the tamarind paste and mix well.
Now add the pressure cooked chanas.
Garnish with grated coconut.

Add salt to taste.
Serve with chapatis or rice.

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Comments

  1. Swathi Iyer

    2013-01-08 at 5:56 pm

    Delicious and healthy stir fry love it.

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  2. Vimitha Anand

    2013-01-08 at 6:03 pm

    Simple and yummy stir fry

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  3. Hamaree Rasoi

    2013-01-08 at 6:52 pm

    Dear Raksha, Thanks a lot for sharing with us the importance of water conservation. moreover, your stir fry looks so yummy and healthy.
    Deepa

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  4. Sushma Madhuchandra

    2013-01-08 at 8:47 pm

    We pay so much for a water tanker & those fellows are so irresponsible!
    BTW, batani usli looks yummy!

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  5. quirkygirl

    2013-01-08 at 5:37 pm

    The way Bangalore is growing, it is not long before all the population has to depend on the tankers! Wonder where they get the water from!
    And the dish real simple to make! In tamil cuisine, we make the same thing with soaked kabuli channa and skip the onions since it is given as a prasaad after puja.

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  6. PT

    2013-01-08 at 5:40 pm

    delicious sundal raksha.. really a encouraging incident dear..

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  7. Archana

    2013-01-08 at 5:52 pm

    Yum stir fry. Happy new year Raksha

    Reply
  8. divya

    2013-01-09 at 2:23 am

    Super recipe…looks flavorful & delicious..

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  9. Maha Gadde

    2013-01-09 at 4:27 am

    It looks simply delicious.

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  10. Raksha

    2013-01-09 at 4:25 pm

    Yup already half of Bangalore is dependent on water tankers.

    We too make the same dish without onion on special days ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  11. Raksha

    2013-01-09 at 4:28 pm

    Thanks everyone for the lovely comments.

    Reply
  12. Niru

    2013-01-11 at 7:03 am

    Eye opener incident and nice curry

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  13. โ™ฅApsโ™ฅ

    2013-01-15 at 5:13 pm

    Thank U raksha! it feels good even by one message!
    These are Batani's? or Channa? I love such simple ones always!

    Reply
  14. Raksha

    2013-01-15 at 6:12 pm

    They are Batani , but u can use any type of chanas

    Reply

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