Kerala Style Peas Masala Curry, is an aromatic, rich and Vegan subzi made with fresh green peas and coconut milk. It can be served with idli, dosai, idiyappam, appam or poori.
This Kerala Style Peas Masala Curry is one another recipe that I make very often, but have never got around to redoing the post and pictures. This is still the only subzi with green peas that I still love to eat. I am still not a big fan of green peas, but have gotten pretty adaptable and tolerate in the recipes.
This recipe for the Kerala Style Peas Masala Curry is so flavorful and it has one of my very favorite ingredients, coconut milk in it. I love the flavor of coconut milk in kurma and curry. I first made this Kerala Style Peas Masala Curry in my beginning days of cooking. There are a few recipes like this from my beginning days that is a keeper recipe and I make it to this day.
What I wrote 8 years ago about the recipe –
This recipe has been in my mind for several weeks now. I saw this recipe in a blog called ‘Edible Garden’. Never a big fan of peas (that’s the only vegetable I don’t like); I first sort of just read through the recipe and ignored it. But for some reason the recipe kept haunting me to try it. Maybe it was the pictures taken by Nags, the owner of Edible Garden, or her beautiful description. So, anyways I made this recipe and it wowed me. It was such a rich and mouth pleasing flavor, that made us keep going back to more.
Nags had mentioned that this masala is usually paired with appam or puttu in Kerala. It tastes wonderful with Paratha, Poori and rice. I am sure this would be a very good accompaniment for Dosai too.
Preparation time – 10 minutes
Cooking time – 30 mins
Difficulty level – easy
Ingredients to make Kerala Style Peas Masala Curry – serves 4
- Green peas – 2 cups (I used frozen peas)
- Onions (chopped) – 2 large
- Tomatoes (chopped) – 2 large
- Garlic – 2 cloves
- Ginger – 1 inch piece
- Dhania / Coriander seeds – 2 tbsp
- Dry red chilies – 4 to 5
- Coconut milk (thick) – 1 cup
- Oil – 3 tsp
- Salt – to taste
Procedure to make Kerala Style Peas Masala Curry –
- Heat a pan and roast the coriander seeds and red chilies until brown and aromatic. Let it cool down a bit and then grind it to a fine powder.
- In a kadai or a pan, heat about a tsp of oil and add the chopped onions. Sauté till golden brown and then add the chopped tomatoes, ginger and garlic. Fry till the tomatoes are cooked and mushy. Let it cool and then grind into a paste.
- Heat 2 tsp of oil in the same pan and add the ground masala paste. Let it come to a simmer and then add the red chili / coriander powder. Mix well and let the masala cook until aromatic, about 5 minutes.
- Add the green peas, salt and about a cup of water and let the green peas cook until tender. If using fresh green peas, cook it separately and then use.
- Once the green peas are cooked and soft, add the coconut milk. Once you add the coconut milk, reduce the flame to the lowest and let the curry come to gentle boil.
- Check for the consistency of the gravy. If too thick add little water and mix well.
- Kerala Style Peas Masala Curry is now ready to serve!
Kerala Style Peas Masala Curry
Ingredients
- 2 cup Green peas I used frozen peas
- 2 Onions chopped
- 2 Tomatoes chopped
- 2 cloves Garlic
- 1 inch Ginger
- 2 tbsp Dhania / Coriander seeds
- 5 Dry red chilies Adjust based on preferred spice level
- 1 cup Coconut milk thick / first extract milk
- 3 tsp Oil
- to taste Salt
Instructions
- Heat a pan and roast the coriander seeds and red chilies until brown and aromatic. Let it cool down a bit and then grind it to a fine powder.
- In a kadai or a pan, heat about a tsp of oil and add the chopped onions. Sauté till golden brown and then add the chopped tomatoes, ginger and garlic. Fry till the tomatoes are cooked and mushy. Let it cool and then grind into a paste.
- Heat 2 tsp of oil in the same pan and add the ground masala paste. Let it come to a simmer and then add the red chili / coriander powder. Mix well and let the masala cook until aromatic, about 5 minutes.
- Add the green peas, salt and about a cup of water and let the green peas cook until tender. If using fresh green peas, cook it separately and then use.
- Once the green peas are cooked and soft, add the coconut milk. Once you add the coconut milk, reduce the flame to the lowest and let the curry come to gentle boil.
- Check for the consistency of the gravy. If too thick add little water and mix well.
- Kerala Style Peas Masala Curry is now ready to serve!
Notes
Expert tips to make the best curry
- Use freshly extracted coconut milk for the best flavors. Canned coconut milk can be used.
- Making the spice blend fresh enhances the flavor of the curry.
- I use frozen green peas most of the times. If using fresh peas, make sure to cook them separately and then add to the curry.
- The curry tastes best when served with hot rice or poori or roti.
Chef Mireille says
simple curry looks delicious with green peas – lovely when you want a quick dinner!
code2cook says
Green peas curry taste awesome whichever way you make. Just need some warm rotis with ghee and all set to enjoy this finger licking peas curry.
Srivalli Jetti says
I love peas in gravy and won’t mind making this sometime, with the fresh peas on us this time round!
Sharmila says
Next to aloo, this curry must be a perfect Treat poori. It Look so great.
Pavani says
Such a simple and delicious looking Kerala style peas curry, Do you think we can other veggies to it – just to make it more substantial.
Gayathri Kumar says
Fresh spice adds so much flavour in curries. I love green peas so much and I am sure that I would love this curry.
Priya Suresh says
Just love peas in anything and trust me this curry makes me hungry even after having my dinner. Fingerlicking dish definitely.
Rafeeda - The Big Sweet Tooth says
There are so many way of making green peas, I have never tried with coconut milk! My moothamma (dad’s elder brother’s wife) add yogurt at the end and serves it always with some appams… both the tanginess together does a dance in the mouth! 😀 I love that you served with pooris…
Nagalakshmi V says
i am so glad i potentially converted a peas-hater. thank you for the lovely words about my blog 🙂
My Cooking Journey says
Hi Nags,
Thanks a lot for looking at my blog. Your blog deserves those lovely words. Great going and a wonderful inspiration to budding bloggers like me. Thanks once again 🙂