Recipe for Black Eyed Peas curry / Lobia curry / Karamani Gravy
This post is hot off my kitchen counter. I made this black eyed peas curry for lunch today and one taste of it finally made me shake off my blogging lethargy. My generous self felt that this recipe MUST be shared with the world at large. And here it is for you.
You can use any beans for this curry. Some of them I can think of are dried peas (white / green), green moong, whole masoor, moth beans, rajma beans, fresh lablab (mocchai) or anything else. Simple rule to remember is, if the beans are dried, soak them overnight.
Fresh beans like mocchai can be pressure cooked without soaking. 4 hours should do for the smaller varieties like moong, masoor, moth, black eyed peas (white/red), while the bigger beans like rajma or dried peas do well with an overnight soak.
I do love black eyed peas. They need lesser soaking time, cook to a soft mush in no time in the pressure cooker and can be used in a variety of recipes such as soups, burgers, salads, curries and so on!
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Black Eyed Peas Curry with fresh ground masala
Time taken – Under 30 minutes with a pressure cooker
Serves 3-4
Black eyed peas curry
Ingredients
Method
- Use a pressure cooker with separators. In one compartment, place the rehydrated peas with just enough water to cover.
- Halve the tomatoes and place in another compartment. No water required in this.
- You can cook rice in the third compartment if you want to serve this curry with rice. Pressure cook for 2 whistles and keep on sim for 5-7 minutes and remove from flame. Open when cool enough.
- The peas should be cooked to very soft but maintain their shape. Tug off the tomato skins, mash with fingers and keep aside.
- In a large kadai, heat 1 tbsp oil, add 1 tsp cumin seeds, fat pinch of asafoetida. Once the cumin splutters, add the ground paste to the oil and fry on medium flame for around 5 minutes, until oil separates and the onion and garlic is cooked off.
- To the cooked paste, add the cooked black eyed peas and the mashed tomatoes. Add turmeric, salt and garam masala powder. Bring to a simmer. Add some water if it is too dry. Let this simmer for 2 minutes. Remove from flame and add fresh coriander.
One of our favourites.
Checked out the tambrahm blogs…..really nice. Esp loved the Siri maami post.
That masala sounds flavorsome….love this curry…
New fan around here. I have a quick question, do the peas need soaking in water before pressure cooking?
@haathi Thanks for pointing that out – You need to soak the peas for at least 4 hours or overnight. Somehow got left out in the steps
Ah okay, I thought so. Now I can go try this out tomorrow 🙂
That looks sooooooper delicious! Already have beans soaking and ready to be cooked first thing in the morning… Love ur blog here… Thank u soooo much…Â
Tried and tested. Awesome recipe. Although I pureed the tomatoes roughly for lack of compartments… Â Thanks!
Glad you tried and liked it. Pureeing tomatoes is totally fine!