Lobiya
Author: Meena Bhatia
Recipe type: side
Cuisine: Indian
- 2 cups Black eyed peas
- 2 potatoes medium sized
- 2tbsps gram flour
- ½ tsp red chilli powder
- ½ tsp coriander powder
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- ½ tsp garam masala powder
- ½ tbsp tamarind
- salt to taste
- Asafoetida a pinch
- 2tbsp oil
- 4 green chillies
- coriander leaves to garnish
- ginger juliennes to garnish.
- Soak the beans in water 3-4 hours prior to cooking.
- Boil the potatoes and dice them and keep them aside.
- Boil the beans separately till they are cooked and soft, but not mushy.
- Soak tamarind in little water for 10-15mins. Squeeze the pulp and strain out tamarind water.
- Add gram flour,chilli powder,coriander powder and a little water to tamarind water and mix it properly. Keep it aside.
- In a big vessel, heat oil and add chopped green chillies.
- Add asafoetida and stir for a few minutes.
- Add tamarind water mixture to it and saute for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the boiled beans and potatoes and some more water.
- Add the remaining spices along with salt and let it cook for some time till you get required consistency of the gravy.
- Serve hot garnished with coriander leaves and ginger juliennes.
Recipe by The Lady 8 Home at https://www.thelady8home.com/lobiya/
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