‘Tis the season of fresh green peas and while I always have on hand large packet of frozen peas, the taste of fresh green peas is something else.
There is an extremely simple recipe – which my friend had shared with me last season, where if you buy large quantities of peas, say 2 kilos or so, you shell them and grind with chillies, ginger and salt, then on a slow flame with a tadka of some cumin, saute this paste with some amchoor powder till quite dry. Store in freezer in small containers and use as a stuffing for parathas to make instant lunches or dinners when required. My version is a slight modification on this as I had just a cup of shelled peas on hand, so I ground them, sauteed and mixed in the flours directly to make these green parathas. These are lovely for a hearty weekend breakfast or your kiddie’s lunch box.
Recipe for Green Peas Parathas
Makes 4
Under 30 minutes
Fresh green peas parathas
Ingredients
Method
- In a mixer, grind the first four ingredients to a coarse paste.
- Take the oil in a non-stick kadai (preferably), heat on medium flame, splutter the cumin seeds, add a pinch of asafoetida to this.
- Transfer the pea paste to the oil and saute on medium flame with the amchoor powder till nearly dry. The amchoor not only adds a tangy taste but also helps in drying out the mixture faster - due to its astringent quality. For this quantity, the process will take 7-10 minutes.
- Transfer the ready masala to a bowl. Add the flours and some salt if required and knead to a dough sprinkling some water if needed to bind ( I had to use just a tsp of water of so).
- Make four balls and roll out gently into thick parathas, using some flour for dusting.
- Heat a skillet, cook the parathas on both sides on medium flame till golden spots appear, brush with butter or ghee if you like once the sides are cooked.
I used to make these very often… from a Tarla Dalal book (where else ;-)) Love them 🙂 Breakfast tomorrow 🙂
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Appetizing Paratha…CheersJyoti
What a great way to eat peas, I’m trying this with frozen peas, am yet to find fresh peas that need shelling!
heyy you are back!! I know I know, its kinda late for me to say that. But I somehow didnt notice 🙁 Gonna go check all those posts i missed. Great parathas, btw!
This sounds so refreshing..will try this for sure…I tried your ‘Fortified Poha’ and me and my family liked it very much. Thanks.
Raaga – Hope you had them for brekkie already!Thanks Jyoti.Rujuta – welcome back! Will surely check your blog out – the mushroom rice with chat masala sounds like a fresh idea!Ranjani – i’m sure it will work with frozen too, only the sauteeing to dry will take longer than fresh, i’m assuming.Superchef – been trying to come back for sometime now, hope this time it’s for good! Thanks for the welcome :)Mansi – thanks for that! Hope you’ll like this too.
Lovely color. I used to make these very often but as stuffed parathas. This style sounds easier, may be not. Got an idea for dinner tonight.
parathas look so good and colorful. With some pickle and dahi, can just keep eating.
Thats a great idea…and I love the green peas in season too!
lovely color parathas….very nice
A couple of these with a big cup of tea for breakfast or dinner and I would be a happy woman.
I love peas too. lovely parathas there
Oh wow, those parathas look eat-off-the-screen delicious! Fresh peas a a rarity here, but I have to try them with frozen ones.
Hi Nandita, I recently discovered your blog and am loving it ! In regard to this recipe, is there an alternate to amchoor powder which can be used in the mixture.ThanksRupa