Microwave Aloo Mutter | BM5 | Post 1

And its time again to do Valli’s wonderful marathon, one week of theme based blogging and this time we chose the theme as microwave cooking. Now I always do microwave cooking off and on but the motivation for doing a 7-day posts on microwave came from the meal I whipped up in microwave when my gas wasn’t working, so when valli this time asked me to pick up a theme I kept wondering what till the last minute and finally picked Microwave Meals, though I am going to be cheating here and posting mostly microwave curries, sabzis and rice 😛

So today we look at Mircowave Aloo Mutter, which actually came out pretty yummm and hubby refused to believe I made it in microwave

Recipe – Microwave Aloo Mutter

What I used

• 4 Medium size potatoes
• 1 cup frozen peas thawed
• 1 large onion sliced
• 2 tomatoes diced
• 1/2 tsp jeera seeds
• 1 tsp dhaniya powder
• 1/2 aamchoor powder
• 1 tsp chilli powder
• 1 tsp tava fry masala (optional)
• 1/4 tsp turmeric
• salt to taste
• 1 tsp oil

How I made it

• In a glass plate or directly on the microwave tray keep washed potatoes along with a small bowl of water so that the potatoes dont get dried and wrinkled. Microwave on high for about 4-5 minutes till potatoes are done. Keep aside for cooling.
• In the meanwhile take a big glass bowl, add the oil and jeera to it and microwave for 2 mins.
• Add the onions to it and microwave for another 4 minutes till the onions soften and start to turn pink
• Now add the tomatoes and microwave for another 4 mins till tomatoes look somewhat cooked
• In the meanwhile peel and dice the potatoes.
• After the tomatoes are done add the peas and all masalas and microwave for another 2-3 minutes
• Add the potatoes and microwave for another minute or so and let it rest for about 5 minutes so that the flavors mix well.
• Serve with hot rotis 😀

Check out the Blogging Marathoners doing BM#5 along with me
Curry in a hurry under 30 min: Aarthi, Divya, Jayashree, Jayasree, Kaveri, Pavani,
Seven Days of Indian Sweets:Gayathri,  Priya Suresh,
Seven Days of Microwave Meals:Monika,
Seven Days of Regional Specials:Cool Lassi(e), Harini,Vaishali 
Seven Days of Colorful Dishes Kid’s Special:Kalyani
Summer Coolers:Kamalika, Srivalli