Black-Eyed Pea Tomato Curry

This is a extremely tardily but incredibly satisfying black-eyed pea curry that I served for a mid-week repast along alongside a bed of hot fresh cooked basmati rice. More oft than non when I fix a meal, I halt upwards spending a practiced few hours inward the kitchen. Mind you, my knife skills larn out something to hold out desired together with I am easily distracted. As much every bit I relish cooking, in that place are times though that I simply wish to brand something that takes petty fourth dimension at all, but nevertheless tastes special. I succeed alongside this dish.

Black-eyed peas induce got a rather unique earthy season that stands apart from other legumes. I oft honor myself craving them all curried up. Black-eyed peas, though they are whole beans, don't induce got real long to fix subsequently an overnight soak either. Paired alongside hot, sour together with tangy flavors, this is a winning curry that belies its simplicity.

This is my contribution to garam masala

pinch of asafetida (optional)

juice from 1 lemon (3 tablespoons)

1 teaspoon bounding main salt, or to taste

Instructions:

Rinse the black-eyed peas together with soak for half dozen hours or overnight inward several inches of water. Drain together with rinse, hence transfer to a medium saucepan together with comprehend alongside several inches of fresh water. Bring to a boil, cut down the oestrus to low, together with cover. Simmer until the beans are tender but non breaking apart — most forty to l minutes. When the beans are done, drain together with laid aside.
Wipe the saucepan dry out together with add together the oil. Heat over medium heat. When hot, toss inward the mustard seeds together with cumin seeds together with stir for thirty to lx seconds until the mustard seeds plow greyness together with commence to splutter together with pop. Add the onion together with fry, stirring often, for iii to four minutes or until the onion is softened. Toss inward the ginger together with hot chilies, stir for 1 or ii minutes, hence add together the coriander, turmeric, paprika together with cayenne, together with run along to stir for 1 minute.
Stir inward the tomatoes together with curry leaves together with simmer, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes are softened together with commence to thicken upwards — most 10 to fifteen minutes.
Stir inward the black-eyed peas, garam masala, asafetida if using, lemon juice together with salt. Simmer for around other v minutes together with serve hot alongside fresh cooked white rice.

Makes 4 to half dozen servings