Fat-Free Curried Aloo Mattar (Potato & Peas) Done Two Ways
My Fat-Free Curried Aloo Mattar is a delicious, hearty dish that you can make in larger batches for parties, or even for storing in your freezer for a backup day. It is similar to the Pakistani Aloo Masala (Potato Masala) recipe, with just a few modifications.
For those healing chronic illnesses, the option of clean healing recipes matters so that we can consume delicious flavorful food, minus all the ingredients that can make us sick, without sacrificing flavor and having FOMO that others are eating better than we are. AND using these delicious, clean recipes to heal our bodies at the same time! This is where the Fat-Free Curried Aloo Mattar Done Two Ways comes to the rescue!
When I cook these dishes for guests or take them to a potluck, everyone is oohing and aahing over how delicious the food is and yet they cannot believe how ‘clean’ the food is. This dish can be made two ways – as a curry or made dry. Both versions are shared with you below.
Batch Preparation is critical
Also, this dish makes for a rather large size, but it is offered to you that way on purpose, so that you can batch prep this Fat-Free Curried Aloo Mattar and save it for meals later in the week or even freeze it for a rainy day.
If you have faced chronic illness, you know that it is helpful to be prepped in case you are not able to cook on a particular day or week because of a health flare, or because you are on mattress or couch island.
I am a believer in batch prep because it means that my kitchen is better organized and I can rest easy knowing there is always food for me in case I have a hard day.
Also, this recipe is quick to put together once the potatoes have been steamed.
Fat-Free Curried Aloo Mattar (Dry version)
Ingredients
1 red onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp coconut oil or 1 cup vegetable broth if fat-free
1 green hot pepper, chopped
8 medium potatoes, steamed & diced
3 cups frozen green peas, thawed
2 tbsp date syrup (Date Lady syrup or Just Date brands are great)
2 tbsp black mustard seeds
2 tbsp cumin seeds
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
5 dried or fresh curry leaves
½ lemon, juiced
Sea Salt to taste
Directions
- Lightly sauté garlic and onions in some coconut oil or vegetable broth (for a fat-free option).
- Add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves, and green chilies.
- Once those are sautéed for about 5-6 minutes, add in the steamed potatoes, peas, and turmeric.
- Cook through, stirring frequently until soft, and then add the date syrup.
- Stir the mixture well and make sure the date syrup is evenly distributed. Then take off the heat.
- Once a little cooler, add cilantro and lemon juice as a garnish on top and some more curry leaves for flavor!
Fat-Free Curried Aloo Mattar – A Basic Curry (Wet Version)
If you are interested in bringing Pakistani and Indian food into the meal rotations in your home, you want to learn how to make a basic curry. You may think that Pakistani or Indian food would never work for your healing lifestyle, but I am here to tell you that it can!
My recipes are virtually oil-free (always with the option to cook with oil if you choose to), gluten-free, dairy-free, refined sugar-free, soy-free, corn-free, and plant-based.
There are some basics of a curry that are important to learn for making a good curry every time. When you are cooking oil-free, you have to do things a little differently to draw out the best flavors.
- Add your masala (spices)
- Add onions, garlic, and ginger (usually this is cooked in hot oil, but we start by adding just a little vegetable broth to prevent sticking instead of the oils. And also Daterra Cucina pans are the best non-stick ceramic pans I have found that allow you to cook oil-free with NO sticking. Caraway pans are also a great option).
- Add tomatoes – they will add flavor, warmth and juice to your curry. There are some Pakistani and Indian foods cooked without any tomatoes, and the curry can be made by adding yogurt (of course, I suggest plant-based yogurt alternatives since we are dairy-free).
- Vegetable broth, I recommend Bonafide Provisions which is preservative and salt-free. This means you can truly add salt-t0-taste without the high sodium of so many broths on the market. They have a salted version, but the sodium content of that is super high in my opinion.
So now that you know the basics, let’s get on with the recipe. To the dry version of the Aloo Mattar, you will add the following ingredients, in bold below:
1 red onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp coconut oil or 1 cup vegetable broth
1 green hot pepper, chopped
8 Medium potatoes, steamed and diced
3 cups frozen green peas, thawed
1 cup tomatoes, diced
1 tbsp ginger paste
1 tbsp garlic paste
2 cups of vegetable broth (use water if no broth)
2 tbsp date syrup (Date Lady syrup or Just Dates are great brands)
2 tbsp black mustard seeds
2 tbsp cumin seeds
¼ tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp coriander powder
½ – 1 tsp cayenne powder (or use Kashmiri Mirch for a milder spice)
½ tsp garam masala
1 tsp dried fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi)
1 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
5 dried or fresh curry leaves
½ lemon juiced
Sea Salt to taste
- If you are using oil, heat your oil first. If not, then add the chopped onions, and green chili and sauté in 2 tbsp of vegetable broth. When water sautéing the onions, let them get slightly brown before you go to the next step. This can take a few minutes.
- Add in the ginger and garlic paste and sauté until well cooked and fragrant. Then add the diced tomatoes.
- Next add the spices: the cumin seeds, turmeric powder, garam masala, coriander powder, and cayenne powder, and continue to sauté.
- Add the vegetable broth to the curry and cook until the curry is well mixed and blended together. Cook down the curry for about 3 – 5 minutes.
- Then add the steamed potatoes and the peas and let them simmer on low heat for about 10 minutes.
- Add the dried fenugreek leaves and the curry leaves and mix well. Your curry should smell very fragrant.
- Please note that if you don’t have steamed potatoes ready, you can actually make this dish with uncooked potatoes. You have to add the uncooked potatoes diced into the saucepan and then add 4 cups of broth (or water) and let the curry come to a rolling boil on high heat.
- Then reduce the heat to low-medium and allow the potatoes to cook in the curry for about 20-30 minutes. In this case, the more finely diced your potatoes, the quicker they will cook. Add more water or broth as needed, until the potatoes are done.
These would pair well with my delicious potato wrap recipe, a great alternative to regular naan bread or tortilla-style bread (here are my Gluten Free Flatbread, Garlic Naan, and Potato Wrap recipes).
To add an extra special kick that will have everyone wanting more, try pairing this with my Tamarin Date or Cilantro Mint Chutney. For these chutney recipes and more, check out my Chutneys and Sauces Recipe eBook.
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Fat-Free Curried Aloo Mattar (Dry Version)
Equipment
- 1 large pot
- 1 spatula
Ingredients
- 1 red onion, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp coconut oil or 1 cup vegetable broth
- 1 green hot pepper, chopped
- 8 medium potatoes, steamed and diced
- 3 cups frozen green peas
- 2 tbsp date syrup (Date Lady and Just Dates have great options)
- 2 tbsp black mustard seeds
- 2 tbsp cumin seeds
Instructions
- If you are using oil, heat your oil first. If not, then add the chopped onion and green chili and sautee in 2 tbsp of vegetable broth. When water sauteeing the onions, let them get slightly brown before you to the next step. This can take a few minutes.
- Add in the ginger and garlic and sauce until well cooked and fragrant.
- Add the diced tomatoes.
- Next add the spices: cumin seeds, turmeric powder, garam masala, coriander powder, and cayenne powder and continue to sautee.
- Add the vegetable broth to the curry and cook until the curry is well mixed and blended together. Cook down the curry for about 3-5 minutes.
- Add the steamed potatoes and the peas and let them simmer on low heat for about 10 minutes.
- Add the dried fenugreek leaves and the curry leaves and mix well. Your curry should smell very fragrant.
- Please note, if you don’t have steamed potatoes ready you can actually make this dish with uncooked potatoes. You have to add the uncooked potatoes diced into the saucepan and then add 4 cups of broth (or water) and let the curry come to a rolling boil on high heat. Then reduce the heat to low-medium and allow the potatoes to cook in the curry for about 20-30 minutes. In this case, the more finely diced your potatoes the quicker they will cook. Add more water or broth as needed until the potatoes are done.
Fat-Free Curried Plant-based Aloo Mattar (With Wet Curry)
Equipment
- 1 Pot
- 1 spatula
Ingredients
- 1 red onion, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp coconut oil or 1 cup vegetable broth
- 1 green hot pepper, chopped
- 8 medium potatoes, steamed and diced
- 3 cups frozen green peas, thawed
- 1 cup tomatoes, diced
- 1 tbsp ginger paste
- 1 tbsp garlic paste
- 2 cups vegetable brother (or water)
- 2 tbsp date syrup (I reccomend Date Lady or Just Dates brand)
- 2 tbsp black mustard seeds
- 2 tbsp cumin seeds
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1/2-1 tsp cayenne powder (or use Kashmiri Mirch for a milder spice)
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp dried fenugreek leaves
- 1 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
- 5 dried or fresh curry leaves
- 1/2-1 lemon, juiced
Instructions
- If you are using oil, heat your oil first. If not, then add the chopped onions, and green chili and sauté in 2 tbsp of vegetable broth. When water sautéing the onions, let them get slightly brown before you go to the next step. This can take a few minutes.
- Add in the ginger and garlic paste and sauté until well cooked and fragrant. Then add the diced tomatoes.
- Next add the spices: the cumin seeds, turmeric powder, garam masala, coriander powder, and cayenne powder, and continue to sauté.
- Add the vegetable broth to the curry and cook until the curry is well mixed and blended together. Cook down the curry for about 3 - 5 minutes.
- Then add the steamed potatoes and the peas and let them simmer on low heat for about 10 minutes.
- Add the dried fenugreek leaves and the curry leaves and mix well. Your curry should smell very fragrant.
- Please note that if you don’t have steamed potatoes ready, you can actually make this dish with uncooked potatoes. You have to add the uncooked potatoes diced into the saucepan and then add 4 cups of broth (or water) and let the curry come to a rolling boil on high heat. Then reduce the heat to low-medium and allow the potatoes to cook in the curry for about 20-30 minutes. In this case, the more finely diced your potatoes, the quicker they will cook. Add more water or broth as needed, until the potatoes are done.
- To serve garnish with cilantro and lemon juice.
