Thursday, March 29, 2007

snow peas with mustard paste (sheem shorshe)

This is a tried and 'tasted'recipe i found in a website.Its extremely easy to cook and fantastic to taste!!its a traditional Bengali recipe

serves:4

Ingredients:
snow peas: about half a pound/about 230 gms
mustard seeds:2 teaspoon
turmeric:1/4 teaspoon
Green chili:3
mustard oil (preferably):2 teaspoon
panch phoron: half teaspoon
potatoes:1 big,chopped into cubes
tomtoes: 1/2 of a big tomato,sliced


*String the peas and cut them into half,diagonally
*make a paste of the mustard seeds with one chili
*heat 1 1/2 teaspoon oil
*fry the potatoes until cooked
*add the panch phoron and a sliced green chili,stir for a few seconds
*add the tomatoes and the snow peas,stir for a minute.
*cover and cook on low heat.
*add the mustard paste and cover.
*add the third green chili, sliced.
*remove when cooked pour the rest of the oil and serve!!

tips:u can do this without the tomatoes and the potatoes if you like...all up to you.
when using mustard oil make sure the oil is really heated before u cook.

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