Black eye bean/ pea, chavla/chawla curry
Namaste everyone!
Welcome to my cooking channel “ Indian soul in Europe”. Today we are going to
learn a very simple, basic and nutritious recipe called black eye bean curry. Black
eye bean is also known as black eyed pea, chawla or lobia and it is available
in every Indian or asian grocery store. It is a basic curry recipe that means you
can replace any bean or vegetable to black eyed bean.
Ingredients:
250g black
eyed pea
3 medium
sized potatoes
1 tomato or
1\2 tin tomato puree
2 Onions
1 Tsp spices
(Cumin turmeric, fennel, mustard, coriander seeds)
2Tsp oil
1\2 Tsp salt
Recipe:
I soaked
black eye beans overnight in water and than boiled beans and potatoes together in
pressure cooker. this recipe can also be made in slow cooker just don’t boil
beans and potatoes before adding to slow cooker. Now chop the onions, heat the
oil and add spices to it. Wait until the spices crackle. Now add onions to it. Let onions cook until it
become golden in colour. Add peeled and chopped potates and beans to it. Now put
salt and chopped tomatoes and let it cook for about 5 mins. If the currz
appears thin you can mash it using a masher. This will thicken the curry. Enjoy
this curry with chapatti, naan , rice or any other bread. The ingradients used in
this recipe are very cheap but healthy. You just have to plan ahead and you can
have a fulfilling meal in less than two euro.
