Batani Ambat (Konkani Style)

Ingredients

• • Pea (fresh) - 250 grams
• • Onions - 2
• • Tamarind - lime size
• • Turmeric powder - ¼ teaspoon
• • Salt - as required
• • Green chillies - 7
• • Fenugreek seeds - 1 teaspoon
• • Oil (for frying) - as required
• • Coconut (fresh, grated) - ¼ cup
• • Wheat flour - 1 tablespoon

Method

• 1. Chop onions finely.
• 2. Cook peas till it becomes tender.
• 3. Soak tamarind in little water and then take extract.
• 4. Heat little oil and fry the slit green chillies and fenugreek seeds.
• 5. Fry in medium flame lightly. (Do not over fry ).
• 6. Grind both with grated coconut and salt to smooth paste.
• 7. Mix ground paste with tamarind extract and cooked peas.
• 8. Cook for few minutes.
• 9. Meanwhile fry onions in oil separately till golden brown.
• 10. Add it to the boiling gravy. Mix wheat flour in little water to a paste and pour it in the gravy stirring constantly.
• 11. Allow to boil for 2 minutes and remove from fire.
• 12. Serve it hot with Idlis or chapatis.