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Gujarati Aloo Matar Recipe, Gujarati Style Vatana Batata

October 17, 2015 by Gopi Patel 6 Comments

Gujarati Aloo Matar Recipe or Gujarati style vatana batata – A traditional Gujarati curry made from potato & green peas served best with roti/phulka.

I am back with yet another Gujarati cuisine recipe. However hard I try not to write a Gujarati recipe, my heart alway falls back to it. Recently I am trying with new recipes such as labanese, chineese etc. But once a while its good to take break and do what you feel natrual.

Let me share a simple rouite gujarati curry recipe of aloo matar also known as “vatana batata nu shaak” in Gujarati language. I cook this curry almost every week for my hubby’s tiffin. It’s quite light curry and easy to digest with minimum amount of spices. Thus it makes a great routine sabzi for afternoon lunch.

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A regular gujarati meal consist of a curry, roti or phulka, daal, rice and a warm salad called sambharo. The curries are simple with less spices. Usually you won’t see the onions in Gujarati curry. This is not hard rule and you might see exception sometimes. But overall the curry is made from one to two main ingredients. Some of the curries such as cabbage potato (aloo patta gobhi), moong dal turai, gawar aloo, baingan papadi  etc are one without onion and little less spicy.

gujarati aloo matar sabji vatana batata shaak

This recipe of gujarati aloo matar goes really well with roti or pad wali roti (layered chappati) and gujarati dal. Do try the recipe of slightly sweet gujarati dal. The combination is good one and overall meal is healthy too.

Recipe of Gujarati Aloo Matar with step by step pictures

To make this simple easy curry of potato green peas, we will following ingredients. Potato, green peas (frozen or fresh), ginger, green chilies, bay leafs, oil and some usual indian spices like mustard, cumin etc. We will also need chopped Tomatoes in this curry. I forgot to add them in this pic. my bad :D. The complete list of ingredients with their exact quantities are given in recipe box at end of this post.

gujarati aloo matar sabzi ingredients

We will prepare this curry in pressure cooker. So heat about 1 1/2 tsp of oil in pressure cooker. Once the oil is hot, add mustard seeds (rai) and cumin (jeera).

gujarati aloo matar temper mustard cumin jeera

Once the mustard starts crackling add bay leaf (tej patta).

gujarati aloo matar temper bay leaf tej patta

Also add finely chopped ginger and green chilies.

gujarati aloo matar temper ginger green chillies

Let the ginger and green chilies saute in oil for few seconds and then add green peas (matar).

gujarati aloo matar green peas matar

Add chopped potatoes also in the pressure cooker.

gujarati aloo matar potato

Add chopped tomatoes in the pressure cooker. Give a gentle stir to all the veggies and let them mix.

gujarati aloo matar tomato

Now lets add salt, red chili powder (lal mirch), coriander powder (dhaniya) and turmeric powder (haldi) in pressure cooker.

gujarati aloo matar spicesMix all the dry spices with potato, green peas and tomato.

gujarati aloo matar mix vegetables

Now pour around 1/2 cup of water in the cooker and put the gas stove on medium flame.

gujarati aloo matar add water in pressure cookerCover the pressure cooker with lid and let the curry gets cooked on medium flame for 8-10 minutes or until 3-4 whistles. After that turn off the gas and let the pressure cooker cools down.

gujarati aloo matar pressure cooker

Once the pressure cooker cools down, open the lid and check if all the vegetables are cooked properly. Try mashing a potato piece with the help of spoon. The curry is ready now.

gujarati aloo matar sabzi

Sprinkle some freshly chopped green coriander (cilantro) in aloo matar curry and mix well.

gujarati aloo matar add fresh coriander hara dhaniya

Delicious gujarati style aloo matar sabji (aka vatana batata nu shaak) is ready. Serve this curry with roti, phulka, daal, rice and cabbage sambharo.

gujarati aloo matar sabji vatana batata shaak

Gujarati Aloo Matar Recipe Box

4.5 from 2 reviews
Gujarati Aloo Matar Recipe, Gujarati Style Vatana Batata
 
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Prep time
10 mins
Cook time
10 mins
Total time
20 mins
 
Gujarati aloo matar (vatana batata shaak) - A simple gujarati curry made from fresh peas, potato cooked in few indian spices. Perfect for afternoon lunch/tiffin.
Author: Gopi Patel
Recipe type: Curry
Cuisine: Gujarati
Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • Potato (aloo) : 3 medium size, peeled & diced
  • Green peas (matar) : 1/2 cup
  • Tomato (tamatar) : 1 medium
  • Oil : 1 1/2 tsp
  • Mustard seeds (rai) : 1/3 tsp
  • Cumin seeds (jeera) : 1/3 tsp
  • Bay leaf (tej patta) : 1 piece
  • Green chilies : 1/2 piece, finely chopped
  • Ginger : 1/2 inch, finely chopped
  • Red chili powder: 1/2 tsp
  • Coriander powder (dhaniya) : 1 tsp
  • Turmeric powder (haldi) : 1/3 tsp
  • Salt : 1 tsp or to taste
  • Water : 1/2 cup
  • Coriander leaves (hara dhaniya) for garnishing
Instructions
  1. Peel off the potato and cut into medium pieces. Chop the tomatoes and also finely chop ginger and green chilies.
  2. Heat oil in pressure cooker and once hot, add mustard seeds (rai) and cumin seeds (jeera).
  3. Once mustard starts fluttering, add bay leaf and finely chopped green chilies and ginger.
  4. Saute ginger and green chilies for few seconds and add fresh green peas, diced potato and chopped tomatoes.
  5. Give a good stir and mix well.
  6. Now add dry spices like red chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and salt. Mix well.
  7. Add water in pressure cooker and close the lid.
  8. Pressure cook the curry on medium flame for 8-10 minutes (3-4 whistles). Then turn off the gas and let the cooker gets cool down.
  9. Open the lid and check with potatoes are cooked well. Mix once.
  10. Garnish the curry with freshly chopped green coriander (cilantro).
  11. Gujarati style aloo matar sabzi is ready to serve. Serve hot with roti, phulka, parathas and daal chawal.
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  5. gawar aloo sabzi

Categories: Curry Recipes, Gujarati Cuisine Ingredients: Green peas (Matar), Potato (Aloo)

Comments

  1. sangeetha parmeshwaran says

    October 19, 2015 at 4:13 pm

    Hi Team,
    Thank q for sharing simple n good recipes which is delicious which can be prepare continue.

    Bye
    Regards,
    P.Sangeetha

    Reply
  2. Shaily says

    January 19, 2016 at 7:58 pm

    Tried this simple and delicious recipe.. Turned out really well.. Thanks for sharing!!!

    Reply
    • Gopi Patel says

      January 27, 2016 at 11:59 am

      Hi Shaily, Thanks 🙂

      Reply
  3. Manish Majogathia says

    January 28, 2016 at 9:42 am

    This turned out awesome, i made it a while ago, typical like my mom used to make. These guju recipies remind me of my mom’s cooking and now i am learning to cook them too :-). Thanks a bunch Gopi!

    Reply
    • Gopi Patel says

      January 28, 2016 at 1:34 pm

      That’s great Manish.. Glad you liked the recipe. Thanks for 5 stars..

      Reply
  4. nilesh says

    November 9, 2016 at 5:00 am

    there is no hing in gujarati vegitable..

    Reply

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