White Cowpeas Masala Curry

Name: White Cowpeas Masala Curry
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 Serves
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 250 grams white dry cowpeas; 2 tomatoes; 2 Onions; 4-5 cloves garlic; 2 inches ginger; 4 Green chillies; 1 tbsp Tomato puree; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp chilli powder; 1 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tbsp coriander powder; 1 tbsp kitchen king masala; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 3 tbsp fresh coriander; 2 tbsp semi liquid curd; 1 tbsp Kasuri Methi; 2 tbsp oil; 1 tsp mustard seeds; 1 tsp carom and Cumin seeds; 1/4 tsp Asafoetida; 8-9 Curry leaves; 1 Dry red chilli; 1 Bay leaf; 1 inch cinnamon stick; 3 cloves; 2 glasses water

Sangita Vyas @Sangit

Kenya

In Hindi and Punjabi language, cowpeas/black eyed beans are called “lobia” and “rongi”. In Marathi language these beans are called “chawli”.
They have a nice nutty flavor too that melds so well in a tangy onion-tomato-spices base of this curry. The beany flavor of black eyed beans balances the spiced tangy flavors very well in this gravy.

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Ingredients

30 minutes

4 Serves

250 gramswhite dry cowpeas
2tomatoes
2Onions
4-5 clovesgarlic
2 inchesginger
4Green chillies
1 tbspTomato puree
1 tspsalt
1 tspchilli powder
1 tspturmeric powder
1 tbspcoriander powder
1 tbspkitchen king masala
1 tbsplemon juice
3 tbspfresh coriander
2 tbspsemi liquid curd
1 tbspKasuri Methi
2 tbspoil
1 tspmustard seeds
1 tspcarom and Cumin seeds
1/4 tspAsafoetida
8-9Curry leaves
1Dry red chilli
1Bay leaf
1 inchcinnamon stick
3cloves
2 glasseswater

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Soak the dry cowpeas in hot water for at least 1 hour.
Crush the Tomato onion chilli garlic ginger and green chilli.
Add Tomato paste and mix it.
Keep aside.
Take curd in a bowl.add salt,chilli turmeric and coriander powder.
Add a little water and mix them.
Keep aside.
2

Add oil in a pressure cooker.
Add mustard cumin and carrom seeds together with Asafoetida and Curry leaves,let it splutter.
Then add Tomato onion Gravy and Kasuri methi, saute till the oil is released.
3

Now add little water and Cook the spices.
After that add white cowpeas along with enough water and fresh coriander. Mix well.
When water starts boiling, close the lid and cook till 5 whistles then switch off the flame.
4

When the cooker cools down,open the lid and add kitchen king masala and lemon juice,boil for a minute and close the gas.
Masala Cowpea is ready.
Transfer in the bowl.
Sprinkle Fresh coriander and serve.
Eat with rice or Chapati.
Enjoy..