Lightly spiced green peas

Green peas are cooked in ghee and spiced up with cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and chilli, perfect alongside a fillet of poached salmon

📝 Ingredients

• 1 tbsp (ghee is a clarified butter available from Indian shops and some supermarkets) ghee or butter
• 2 bay leaves
• pods 3 green cardamom
• 1 stick cinnamon broken
• 3 cloves
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 1/2 tsp root ginger finely grated
• 1 tbsp ground coriander
• 1/4 tsp red chilli powder
• a pinch golden caster sugar
• 450 g frozen peas
• chopped to make a handful coriander

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Heat the ghee or butter in a non-stick pan.
2. 2Add the bay leaves and whole spices, cook for 20 seconds then add the ginger and stir for 30 seconds.
3. 3Add the powdered spices, salt and a splash of water, cook for 40 seconds.
4. 4Stir in the sugar and peas and sauté for 3-4 minutes or until the peas are cooked and the water has evaporated.
5. 5Stir in the coriander and serve.