20Sugar Peas/Snow PeasA variety of Avarakkai that we get here. We can consume this with the pods. If you don’t have Sugar Peas do substitute it with Broad Beans or Cabbage
Take Couscous in a bowl and add boiling water. Close the bowl with a plate and leave it for 5 minutes
Then fluff the couscous with a fork
In the meantime lets prepare Tadka for Upma
If you want you can add finely chopped vegetables too for this Upma. I added only ginger and green chilli pieces
Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, jeera, urad dal and channa dal. Let them splutter
Add curry leaves, salt, hing,turmeric powder, chopped ginger pieces and green chillies
Saute for a minute
Add the cooked couscous to the pan and mix everything together
Adjust salt and serve this Upma with Chutney or you can even have this bowl like a salad with other veggies
Preparation of Koottu
Pressure Cook black eyed beans for upto 4 whistles. Don’t overcook them
Boil water in a vessel and add pumpkin pieces
Within 10 minutes they will begin to soften. Use a fork and check if they are cooked. Once the preferred consistency is achieved you can strain the water and keep the pieces aside
Alternatively you can pressure cook pumpkin pieces separately for upto 2 whistles
Grind Coconut, Jeera and Green Chillies together to a paste
Mix the pressure cooked beans, cooked pumpkin pieces and the coconut paste together
Add 1/2 cup water, turmeric powder, hing, salt and stir the mixture together
Let it boil for 3-4 minutes in low heat until the raw smell of coconut & chilli goes off
Heat Coconut oil in a Tadka Pan
Add mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves
Once they splutter add it to Pumpkin Koottu
Adjust salt and serve the koottu as a side dish to Rice, Roti or it goes well with Couscous too
Preparation of Sugar Peas Stir Fry
Heat Oil in a pan
Add finely chopped onions, ginger and garlic
Saute for a minute
Add grated carrots, finely chopped Sugar Peas
Add salt and spice powders
Keep sauteing for another 2-3 minutes
I like to retain the crunch in the veggies. So i generally let veggies get cooked only for few minutes without adding any water to it
However if you like the veggies to be cooked well sprinkle some water and close the pan. After few minutes once the veggies are well cooked you can remove the pan from heat
You can add Kasuri Methi leaves, garnish with fresh coconut or you can even add some spinach to the stir fry 🙂 The options are endless. I kept it very simple
I had it with Couscous Upma and Pumpkin Koottu
Pumpkin Koottu | Parangikkai Koottu | Sugar Peas Stir Fry was last modified: June 18th, 2020 by