Aloo Matar Recipe Reviews - Allrecipes.com (Pg. 6)
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Reviewed: May 27, 2005
Pretty good. Has a nice flavor. Note that this dish generates enough sauce to cover the potatoes and peas, but not enough to mix the result in with rice. It also took a lot of work to get the potatoes cooked correctly (despite the other reviewers' advice). First, at the beginning instead of cooking the potatoes covered for 15 minutes with the peas, I cooked the potatoes covered for 15 minutes alone and added the peas and cooked for five more minutes. Throughout the recipe I kept a little water at the bottom of the pan to help steam the potatoes and prevent burning. Yet, despite this, the potatoes were still undercooked at the end of the recipe; I needed to cook, covered, an additional ten minutes to finish them. But because of this, the peas ended up somewhat flat and overcooked. Next time I'll either boil the potatoes for a little while before starting, or cook the potatoes alone until they're basically done and then add the peas and continue with the recipe. I used one tablespoon of ground ginger and one tablespoon of garlic powder instead of the ginger-garlic paste. I used two teaspoons of dried cilantro flakes (instead of two tablespoons of chopped fresh); supposedly that's the appropriate ratio.
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Reviewed: Apr. 13, 2005
This was just okay for me. My husband really like it though. It was a little too tangy-I prefer some heat in my Indian dishes. I much prefer Aloo Phujia from this site because it is a lot spicier.
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Reviewed: Jan. 2, 2005
Another big hit in my family. Hearty and tasty!
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Reviewed: Dec. 21, 2004
Love it.
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Reviewed: Nov. 21, 2004
My 2 year old son loved this so much! I substituted and changed things around a little, and it was still awesome - and very, very easy. We served it with a very simply whole-wheat roti (another family favorite here).
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Reviewed: Sep. 15, 2004
Not bad, but bland. This could have definitely used some more spices. Furthermore, the potatoes came out under cooked. I would maybe parboil them if you are going to try this recipe.
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Reviewed: Aug. 21, 2004
Very good recipe. But the potatoes need to cook longer. Add the peas when the potatoes are almost ready, or else they'll lose their flavor and become too soft. The comments on how to make the ginger paste were really helpful. Will do it again, thank you!
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Reviewed: Aug. 20, 2004
AWESOME! it tasted like a restaurant entree and really wasn't that hard! don't forget to stir a lot at the beginning, though. the recipe doesn't tell you to do that and i burnt a little of the bottom.
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Reviewed: Aug. 18, 2004
Absolutely delicious, complex flavor - and filling, too!
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Reviewed: Aug. 9, 2004
This was quite simple and really good. It took awhile for the potatoes to get soft, but once they did, mmmmmmm. I added a lot of garam masala because I love it. We had it over brown rice. I will definitely make it again.
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