Indian Spiced Peas
Indian Spiced Peas are cooked with onions and red bell peppers and Indian spices. There’s no easier (or healthier) way to add a lot of flavor to dishes than the use of spices for a very flavorful side dish.
Peas being my favorite frozen vegetable, I like to take them to the next level by adding healthy ingredients, spices and herbs. This is a great way to change up your usual vegetable dish and stay on track with healthy eating.
A full Indian meal
As you can see from the colorful spread above, the peas were a side dish to complete Indian meal of chicken tikka masala and Indian dal.
Indian Spiced Peas – Step by Step
Sauté onions, pepper and garlic in oil until softened.
Stir in Indian spices and cook for 1 minute to bring out the spice flavors.
Add water to the onions, peppers and spices. Stir to mix well.
Stir in the peas and simmer for 5 minutes to reduce the liquid.
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Indian Spiced Peas
Indian spiced peas are mixed with onions and red bell peppers and Indian spices.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2/3 cup (100 grams) yellow onion, quartered and thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup (75 grams) red bell pepper, thinly sliced
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- 1/2 teaspoon coriander
- 1/2 teaspoon garam masala
- 2 garlic cloves, grated or finely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 4 tablespoons water
- 12 ounces (340 grams) frozen peas, defrosted
- 1 teaspoon fresh mint
Instructions
- To a large pan, heat the oil over medium heat.
- Add the onions and pepper and cook until softened, about 8 minutes.
- Turn down the heat to low. Add the cumin, turmeric, coriander and garam masala. Stir well and cook for 2 minutes. Add the garlic, salt and pepper and cook for 1 more minute.
- Add the water and stir well. Stir in the peas. Serve warm, garnished with mint.
Nutrition Information
Yield
4Serving Size
3 ouncesAmount Per Serving Calories 145Total Fat 7gSaturated Fat 1gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 6gCholesterol 0mgSodium 330mgCarbohydrates 16gFiber 5gSugar 5gProtein 5g
23 Comments on “Indian Spiced Peas”
I was looking for a quick dish to go along with my daughter’s Soy Curl Tikki Masala (we eat plant based) and stumbled on your Indian spiced peas. It was the perfect accompaniment to the dish and so delicious and colorful that I will be making it frequently. Thank you.
I’m so happy you found my recipe and this is pretty much how I came about making the recipe 🙂
I always keep frozen Vegetables on hand. I heard on a TV cooking show that one can of green beans costs about a dollar, and if you buy fresh or frozen green beans, you can get enough for one dollar to fill 6 cans. So frozen vegetable vegetables are economical also.
This is good information, thank you for sharing.
Yummy!! This looks so good! You have an amazing website
This curry looks great! So nice to have frozen veggies in the freezer for quick and easy meal.
Red Peppers are not on the ingredient list, do I just add “to taste?”
Hi James, thank you for pointing that out. They were a last minute (and tasty) addition. I’ll add them to the recipe now.
These look lovely and something I wouldn’t usually think to make. I love anything with cumin in it.
I do stock frozen vegetables in my freezer, especially green peas. This Indian spiced peas looks so delicious and flavorful!
I love to keep frozen veggies on hand—and now i have a great new way to use them, thanks for the recipe!
Those peas look fabulous. I would never know they were frozen first.
This dish looks so tasty and colorful!
What a healthy, delicious dish!
How delicious, my daughter and I are studying India right now we will have to try!
I’ve never had Indian Spiced Peas but darn they look fantastic! I definitely would love to try them!
I love how colorful and beautiful this is. And I bet all these wonderful flavors make this side dish one to remember!
I am trying to cook more Indian dishes and yours looks so easy to make and full of great flavor! Thank you for sharing your recipe with us!
Love peas I’ll have to try this.
Hubby just came back from India so I have all these yummy spices to try this yummy dish!
I can almost smell all of the wonderful aromas coming from your kitchen with these beautiful spices. Looks delicious – pinning for later!
Gosh, I love Indian food. This recipe looks really easy to make!
OOoh these sound gorgeous! Love the spices!