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Weather seems to be getting gloomier by the day. It is getting colder here each day to the point that it is freezing. The already bad commute is getting even worse and it takes hours to go back and forth between home and work. Also it is pitch dark and cold by the time we get home that sometimes there is no motivation to cook or even to do the normal chores.

 

That said the gloom is also not all that bad compared to the people in the North East part of United States where there is no power for the past week or so. Day in and day out there is some devastating news about the economy and the ongoing financial crisis. It is also hard to digest the news of the ordeal going on in different parts around the world. That way we are lucky and blessed in so many different ways.

  

Anyway coming back to the recipe, this Lobia Curry is an easy recipe to prepare when in hurry or when there are no vegetables on hand. This is not only a healthy and nutritious dish but can be put together in no time. 

Ingredients:

  •  1 cup black eyed beans (dry or canned)/Lobhia/Chowli/chawli
  • ¾ cup chopped onions
  •  2 cups of fresh dill  chopped/ shepu bhaji/Sabsige sappu
  •  3-4 green chillies
  •  2-3 garlic peeled and grated
  • Mustard seeds
  • Cumin seeds
  • Curry leaves
  • Salt to taste
  • Juice of a lemon
  • Oil

Method:

  • If using the dry variety, make sure to soak the beans overnight or for about 8-10 hours in enough water.
  • Drain the soaked water completely and pressure cook the beans using sufficient water. Separate the water completely from the cooked beans. Allow to cool.
  • Take a heavy bottom pan. Add oil and prepare the seasoning with mustard, curry leaves, jeera seeds.
  • Add the grated garlic, onion and green chillies and sauté until the onion turns transparent. Add salt, chopped dill and mix well.
  • Add the cooked beans to the onion mixture and stir well. Check for taste. Add more salt, chillies if required. Finally squeeze the juice of lemon and mix.

Serve hot with rotis/phulkas or with rice.

 

 

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22 Replies to “Black Eyed Bean/ Chawli Dill curry/Lobia Curry”

  1. I just so happen to have a friend staying with me who adores black-eyed peas. This sounds wonderful and I will be sure to try it.

  3. Black eye pea and dill sounds like nice combo, I like cooking with this dal, I usualy make sambar with spinach and balack eye peas.

  5. Black eyed beans is one of my favorite type of beans and I am always looking for new ways to make them, this sounds like a very interesting and unusual pairing, looking forward to trying it 🙂

  7. Never used dill leaves except in sindhi style spinach(saibhaji), but i can imagine the flavour of black peas with dill and garlic….yummmmmm

  11. black eyed beans & Dill what a lovely combination .. will try this .. I love black eyed beans & we only use it in huli or curries .. this is a nice idea

  12. That’s a nice recipe with black eyed beans. I usually make sarupkari or koddel with it. Never made stir fry. Looks yummy..I ams sure the flavour of garlic,Dill and onions must have tasted great.. Bookmarked to try 🙂

  13. lovely picture and a unique combo..i think i am lucky in a way that i live in los angeles and weather is not so bad.. it is about 53F 🙂

  16. Black eyed peas and dill, such an interesting combination. Looks lovely!

    Talking about snow, I am so stuck inside my house thanks to the blizzard. Cooking is the only thing to do in such times : )

  17. looks lovely! the use of dill is very new to me. I’m not a big fan of dill, but this one sounds really good. Now, black eyed peas is on my list of things to buy from the Indian shop.

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