SPICY WHITE WATANA CURRY

Spicy white watana curry (white dried peas) is a good combination with roti, chapati etc.  It is a curry made like the other normal curries with black chana, kabuli chana etc.  We can also make ragada with this peas for ragada pattice.

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Let us look at the recipe now:

Ingredients:

1/2 cup white dried peas
1/4 tsp ginger paste
1/4 tsp garlic paste
a generous pinch of roasted cumin seed powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp chilli powder (increase as per your requirement)
1/4 tsp garam masala (optional)
a pinch of turmeric powder
1 big tomato chopped
1 big onion chopped
a pinch of asafoetida
salt as required
2 tbsp oil
1/2 tsp cumin seeds

Juice of 1/2 lime

garnishing:

2 tbsp coriander leaves chopped
1 small onion chopped
1 small tomato chopped (optional)

Method:

Soak the dried peas in water overnight.  wash and pressure cook the watana in sufficient water with salt and turmeric powder and asafoetida.  Heat oil in  a kadai. add the cumin seeds, when it crackles, add the ginger garlic paste and saute for a second. add the onion and saute till transparent. add tomatoes and saute till it becomes mushy.  now add the masalas and saute for a minute.  now add the cooked watana in it. adjust consistency by adding water as it tend to become thick when cools down.  adjust salt.  serve hot with garnished tomato, onion, coriander leaves with roti, phulkas, chapatis etc.

Note: you can also use this for making ragada pattice in a different way.

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