Goochi Mattar
A classic British Indian Restaurant goochi mattar made with a pre-cooked base sauce. Rich, fragrant and ready in under 20 minutes.
G3 Simple Fried Base
300 ml (1–2 portions) · 15 minutes · Simple
Key ingredients
1 tbspn oil · 100 gm onion (prepared weight) · 1 tspn garlic (finely chopped) · 1 tspn ginger (finely grated) · 2 tbspn chopped tomatoes · 2 heaped tspn tomato purée · +6 more
Ingredients
- 150 gm button mushrooms (Goochi)
- 100 gm frozen peas (Mattar)
- 1 tbspn oil
- 100 ml Simple Fried Base Sauce
- ¼ tspn salt
- ¼ tspn turmeric
- ¼ tspn ground cumin
- ¼ tspn hot chilli powder
- ¼ tspn fenugreek
- ¼ tspn garam masala
- 1 tspn fresh coriander
Method
- 1
Rinse and thickly slice the mushrooms.
- 2
Rinse the frozen peas in hot water and drain.
- 3
Heat the oil, over a medium flame, in a wok or heavy pan.
- 4
Add the mushrooms and 40 ml of c46 base sauce cook for , adding c46 base sauce if needed to prevent drying.
- 5
Add the peas and 40 ml of c46 base sauce and cook for , adding c46 base sauce if needed to prevent drying.
- 6
Stir in the salt, turmeric, cumin and chilli powder and 80 ml of c46 base sauce and cook, stirring regularly, for , adding c46 base sauce as needed to maintain your preffered sauce consistency.
- 7
Stir in the methi and garam masala and cook, stirring regularly, for .
- 8
Stir in the chopped coriander and serve with rice or naan bread and optionally garnish with freshly chopped coriander.