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. 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.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 3 ounces yellow onion quartered and thinly sliced
- 2 ounces red bell pepper thinly sliced
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- 1/2 teaspoon coriander
- 1/2 teaspoon garam masala
- 1 garlic clove grated
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 cup water
- 12 ounces 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 and bring to a simmer. Cook for 5 minutes until liquid is reduced.
- Serve warm, garnished with mint
Elizabeth says
OOoh these sound gorgeous! Love the spices!
Kristen says
Gosh, I love Indian food. This recipe looks really easy to make!
Debra says
I can almost smell all of the wonderful aromas coming from your kitchen with these beautiful spices. Looks delicious – pinning for later!
Abigail says
Hubby just came back from India so I have all these yummy spices to try this yummy dish!
Sarah says
Love peas I’ll have to try this.
Linda (Meal Planning Maven) says
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!
Debi says
I love how colorful and beautiful this is. And I bet all these wonderful flavors make this side dish one to remember!
Heidy L McCallum says
I’ve never had Indian Spiced Peas but darn they look fantastic! I definitely would love to try them!
Jennifer Johnson says
How delicious, my daughter and I are studying India right now we will have to try!
Katerina says
What a healthy, delicious dish!
Elena says
This dish looks so tasty and colorful!
Sandi Gaertner says
Those peas look fabulous. I would never know they were frozen first.
justine says
I love to keep frozen veggies on hand—and now i have a great new way to use them, thanks for the recipe!
Divya says
I do stock frozen vegetables in my freezer, especially green peas. This Indian spiced peas looks so delicious and flavorful!
Dannii says
These look lovely and something I wouldn’t usually think to make. I love anything with cumin in it.
James Morris says
Red Peppers are not on the ingredient list, do I just add “to taste?”
Janette says
Hi James, thank you for pointing that out. They were a last minute (and tasty) addition. I’ll add them to the recipe now.
Kristen says
This curry looks great! So nice to have frozen veggies in the freezer for quick and easy meal.
Prairie Gal Cookin says
Yummy!! This looks so good! You have an amazing website