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Goochi Mattar

A classic British Indian Restaurant goochi mattar made with a pre-cooked base sauce. Rich, fragrant and ready in under 20 minutes.

20 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
Easy
Difficulty
11
Ingredients
8
Steps
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Requires G3Make just enough for tonight

G3 Simple Fried Base

300 ml (1–2 portions) · 15 minutes · Simple

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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

Servings
  • 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. 1

    Rinse and thickly slice the mushrooms.

  2. 2

    Rinse the frozen peas in hot water and drain.

  3. 3

    Heat the oil, over a medium flame, in a wok or heavy pan.

  4. 4

    Add the mushrooms and 40 ml of c46 base sauce cook for , adding c46 base sauce if needed to prevent drying.

  5. 5

    Add the peas and 40 ml of c46 base sauce and cook for , adding c46 base sauce if needed to prevent drying.

  6. 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. 7

    Stir in the methi and garam masala and cook, stirring regularly, for .

  8. 8

    Stir in the chopped coriander and serve with rice or naan bread and optionally garnish with freshly chopped coriander.

My Notes

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