Butter Peas Curry (Avarekalu Palya)

Ingredients
2 cups frozen butter peas (avarekalu)
2 medium size onions (erulli)
7-8 green chillies (hasimenasinakayee)
1-2 tsp tamarind paste or liquid (hunisehuli)
1 tsp brown sugar or lemon size jagery (bella)
1/2 tsp turmeric powder (arishina)
1 tsp curry powder (sambar pudi)
Salt to taste
Seasoning
4 to5 tsp oil (enne)
1 tsp mustard seeds (sasuve)
1 stalk curry leaves (karibevu)
1 pinch asafetida (ingu)

Method

First cook the butter peas(avarekalu) in the pressure cooker with 1or2 cups of water.Let it cool.Then cut the onion and green chillies.Heat oil in a pot or pan on the stove. When it heats up add the mustard seeds,curry leaves and asafetida (ingu).Add the sliced onion and  green chillies after the mustard seeds begin to pop.cook for till pinkish brown.Now add cooked butter peas (avarekalu),turmeric powder,curry powder (sambar pudi),brown sugar (bella), tamarind paste and salt how much it requires.If you want thin (gravy or rasa) add little water and bring it to boil then turn off the stove. Your butter peas curry is ready to eat.It goes well with Roti ,Chapathi and Rice too.

Serving Size: 4 to 6