Shalgam aur Matar ka Bharta/
Turnip and Peas Bharta/
Side Dish with Turnip and Peas
This vegetable comes in most neglected veggies, because of its taste. Kids generally don't like it. Even i am the one who prefer eating it raw as salad instead of cooked one. But years back one of my colleague at previous office came with its bharta and at first we were not able to recognize the veggie. When she told us that its turnip/shalgam, we were so much surprised. From that day onward when ever this veggie comes in handy i make this bharta. Even kids would not be able to recognize the veggie.
Its bit time consuming but once you know how to make it, then it will be like any other side for you. What i do is, i do half step, one day earlier so that half of the work is done and i can make them in no time. Like i boil it and prepare tadka at night and proceed in the morning. This way its very easy and fast to make it. You can also do it side by side, its not that much hard to do it. Just like we do for baigan bharta. Start boiling it and by the time it will be done your tadka will be prepared. So hardly 30 minutes will be enough to make this side for your loved ones. Try this guys it will be on menu list every time you see them.
Ingredients:-
Shalgam/Turnip - 1 kg
Peas- 1 cup
Onion- 1 medium
Tomato- 2 medium
Ginger - 1 tsp grated or pureed\
Garlic- 1 tsp grated or pureed
Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
Coriander seeds- 1 tsp
Turmeric- 1/4 tsp
Sambar Masala- 3 tsp
salt- as per your taste
Method:-
Take all your veggies
peal and wash them
chop them finely
you can pure them too
Now take 1.5 glass water in a cooker and add salt
and turmeric powder
cook them upto three whistles
Your ingredients are ready
mash cooked turnips with the back of spoon
or you can puree them in mixer
all mashed
Heat 1 tbsp oil in a vessel
throw in cumin seeds and let them crackle
crush coriander seeds
throw in too
now add chopped/pureed ginger garlic
saute for few seconds
then onion
let them brown
add tomatoes
mix well and cook till oil separates
see oil separated
add salt+sambar powder
mix well and cook for more 10 seconds
throw in peas
mix well, cover and cook for few minutes
cooked in 2 minutes
add mashed/pureed turnips
mix well cover and cook for 2 minutes
then uncover and cook till all water evaporates
DONE
peal and wash them
chop them finely
you can pure them too
Now take 1.5 glass water in a cooker and add salt
and turmeric powder
cook them upto three whistles
Your ingredients are ready
mash cooked turnips with the back of spoon
or you can puree them in mixer
all mashed
Heat 1 tbsp oil in a vessel
throw in cumin seeds and let them crackle
crush coriander seeds
throw in too
now add chopped/pureed ginger garlic
saute for few seconds
then onion
let them brown
add tomatoes
mix well and cook till oil separates
see oil separated
add salt+sambar powder
mix well and cook for more 10 seconds
throw in peas
mix well, cover and cook for few minutes
cooked in 2 minutes
add mashed/pureed turnips
mix well cover and cook for 2 minutes
then uncover and cook till all water evaporates
DONE
Notes:-
- You can make this side dish without onion ginger garlic also. Just skip them and proceed with tomatoes alone.
- You can make it without sambar masala also. Replace it with garam masala and coriander powder and make simple side dish.
- You can make it bit runny also, use leftover water after boiling to make it gravy like, but the real taste is in dry version like bharta.
- You can skip peas but it will give you a unique taste. So its recommended.
- Chopping onion, ginger and garlic finely will give a great taste, but you can puree them if you don't like chunks in between.
Hope you will like it
Love
PariCash
