Recipe: Tasty Yellow peas curry or Manipuri style Mangal Ooti

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Yellow peas curry or Manipuri style Mangal Ooti. How to make Manipuri Style Mangal Ooti Recipe - Yellow Peas Curry Recipe. Mangal ooti or Manipuri dry peas curry from Manipur cuisine. A very simple and easy yet delicious curry.

And our pride Mary Kom an Indian Olympic boxer is also from Manipur.… Mangal Ooti is a simple yet flavorful vegetarian side dish from the North East Indian state of Manipur.

It is basically a yellow peas curry with aromatic mustard oil seasoning.

It can be served with any Indian flat bread for lunch but Mangal Ooti is typically served with Manipuri Khichdi during the Kang festival (Rath Yatra of Manipur).

You can cook Yellow peas curry or Manipuri style Mangal Ooti using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Yellow peas curry or Manipuri style Mangal Ooti

1. You need 1 cup of dried yellow peas.

2. It’s 2-3 tablespoons of oil.

3. It’s 1 of dry red chilli.

4. Prepare 1/2 tablespoon of cumin seeds.

5. It’s 1 pinch of asafoetida.

6. You need 2 of onions finely chopped.

7. Prepare 2 of tomatoes finely chopped.

8. Prepare 1 of bay leaf.

9. It’s 1-2 of green chilies finely chopped.

10. Prepare 1/2 tablespoon of grated ginger.

11. You need 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric powder.

12. You need 1 teaspoon of red chilli powder.

13. You need 1/2 teaspoon of garam masala powder (optional).

14. It’s to taste of Salt according.

15. It’s of as required Water for boiling.

16. It’s of as required Chopped fresh coriander,green chilies,tomato,onion for garnishing.

Manipuri Mangal Ooti - Manipuri Side dish The recipe is adapted from Anthony's Kitchen.. this is made authentically with Yellow peas.

But since I do not stock this yellow peas, I used the regular green ones..

The ooti is so similar to our peas curry.

Nice write up on the different eating habits.

Yellow peas curry or Manipuri style Mangal Ooti instructions

1. Soak overnight yellow peas or for 4 to 5 hours..

2. Firstly drain the soaked water. Now in a pressure cooker add fresh water as required, peas and salt. Cook on medium heat until 2 whistle. After that switch off the heat..

3. Take a pan, add cooking oil and let it heat, then add bay leaf, cumin seeds, asafoetida dry red chilli. Then add grated ginger, chillies, onion. Saute and stir fry until brown..

4. Then add tomatoes, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder, salt. Stir and mix well. Cover it with a lid and let it cook for about 3 to 4 minutes..

5. Then add boiled peas and mix nicely. Add warm water as needed and let it cook on low heat for 6 to7 minutes..

6. Then switch off the heat. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and onion. Its ready to serve..

This "Ooti" dish from Manipur is served with Kichdi during Kang festival in their region.

A simple peas dish that is very much prepared like dal.

Cook the peas and add the tadka.

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Now add the boiled peas and toss with masala mixture.