How to Prepare Super Quick Homemade Usal (Yellow peas and potato curry) #mycookbook

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The ingredients needed to make Usal (Yellow peas and potato curry)

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1. Make ready yellow peas
2. Take fresh/dry coconut
3. Make ready finely chopped onion
4. Take finely chopped tomatoes
5. Prepare minced ginger
6. Take minced garlic
7. Take or
8. Prepare ginger-garlic paste
9. Prepare water
10. Make ready chopped cilantro leaves
11. Get peeled and diced potatoes
12. Take cooking oil
13. Prepare Whole Spices
14. Make ready cinnamon stick
15. Make ready bay leaf
16. Prepare star spice
17. Make ready cloves
18. Prepare Powder Spices
19. Take turmeric powder
20. Take chilli powder
21. Prepare garam masala
22. Take coriander powder
23. Make ready Salt as per taste

Steps to make Usal (Yellow peas and potato curry)

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1. Soak 4 handfuls of yellow peas for 6-8 hours or overnight. (4 handfuls =4 people)
2. Add 1 cup of water to 1/2 a cup of fresh/dry coconut and blend into a smooth paste and keep it aside.
3. In a pressure cooker, heat 3 tablespoons of oil.
4. Add in the whole spices carefully, as they tend to pop out because of the hot oil.
5. Add in a cup of finely chopped onions and sauté till they get translucent
6. Add in a teaspoon of minced garlic and a teaspoon of minced ginger or a tablespoon of ginger-garlic paste and mix well
7. When the raw smell of the ginger and garlic fade away, add in 1/2 a cup of finely chopped tomatoes and mix well.
8. Add in all the powder spices and salt. Mix well.
9. Add in a tablespoon of cilantro leaves
10. Add in the coconut paste and mix well.
11. Add in 1 cup of water and give it a good mix.
12. Add in the diced potatoes and the soaked and drained yellow peas.
13. Add in two cups of water, mix well and wait till it bubbles well.
14. When it starts bubbling, put on the lid and cook for 4 whistles.
15. Let the cooker cool down by itself and then open it.
16. Garnish with cilantro leaves
17. Serve with steamed rice or chappatis. Check my recipe for Chappatis (Indian flat bread)
18. Enjoy 😉👍🏻

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