Gajar Matar Ki Sabzi ,How To Make Gajar Matar Ki Sabzi

Gajar Matar ki sabzi – simple and delicious stir fry made with carrot and green peas

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Gajar matar ki sabzi is a very easy, quick and simple preparation. Though carrot is a winter vegetable but nowadays is available throughout the year. This simple stir fry can be made with both – orange carrots and red indian/pakistani carrots. I prefer using red carrots for this sabzi till the red carrots are available during the season.

It is a simple daily kind of stir fry which goes well with daal-rice combo and paratha or roti. As it is a dry curry so you can easily pack in children’s lunch boxes. It is mildly spiced and looks bright and colorful so children often loves this gajar matar ki sabzi and eat it without making any fuss.

Carrot is a very healthy and nutritious vegetable and is also low in fat. It helps to improve vision, an anti oxidant thus slow down aging. Helps prevents cancer. Reduces cholesterol so good for heart health. Good for teeth and gum health. It also helps boosting our immune system. So we should always try to include it in our daily diet .

So many varieties of sabzi, stir fries ,pickles, dessert can be easily made with carrots .Carrot and chili Pickle,  Gajar Ki Kanji which is specially made during winter ,simple eggless Carrot cake . This simple stir fry-  carrot and cabbage sambharo  is like a crisp salad and can be made regularly. Carrot also goes well with broccoli- Broccoli and carrot stir fry is very simple and healthy dish. And the most popular Indian dessert Gajar ka Halwa is a classic winter delicacy. So do try and make different combinations with this healthy vegetable carrot.

Gajar Matar ki Sabzi Gajar Matar ki sabzi- simple and delicious stir fry made with carrot and green peas

• CourseDry curry, Main Dish, Side dish
• CuisineNorth Indian Cuisine, Punjabi Cuisine

Servings4 person Prep Time10 minutes Cook Time10 minutes Ingredients

• 5 Carrot / Gajar
• 1cup Green Peas / Hari Matar
• 1tsp Red chili powder
• 1/2tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
• 1tsp Mango Powder / Amchoor Powder
• 1tsp Coriander Powder / Dhaniya Powder
• 1tsp Dried Fenugreek / Kasoori Methi
• salt to taste
• pinch of sugar

Tempering / waghar/tadka

• 3.5tbsp Cooking Oil
• 1tsp Mustard Seeds / Rai *
• 1/4tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
• 2 Green chili/hari mirchchopped
• 8 Curry Leaves

Instructions

1. wash ,peel and chop carrots in medium size pieces.
2. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds .
3. When the seeds start to crackle, add asafoetida, green chilies and curry leaves.
4. Now add turmeric and chopped carrots,peas and salt and mix well.
5. Cover with a lid and cook on low heat till carrots get cooked and become soft.
6. Now add mango powder, coriander powder, red chili powder, kasoori methi and sugar and mix well.
7. Serve with roti, paratha or daal rice combo.

Recipe Notes

Note-

You can substitute mango powder with lemon juice.

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