What better way to get over the hump day that to announce a prelude to a giveaway? While working on this post, I was contacted by the team from CSN Stores to see if I was interested in doing a giveaway at my blog and boy was I thrilled that I agreed to do it right away.
If you have not already visited CSN Stores then I strongly recommend doing so. They have about 200 online stores and over 1 Million products! It took me hours going through their website. Need some cookware collection or children’s furniture they have it and that too with tons of options. Or maybe you are looking for lighting options? They have everything from hanging lights, regular lighting fixtures, recessed lighting to lamps! Do check them out.
The actual giveaway will follow soon, so stay tuned and don’t forget to check back here.
Coming back to the recipe, at home I usually make the dry version of Lobhia curry. But then once in a while I also make lobhia coconut curry, Konkani way with lots of coconut. This time around I used a good variety of organic coconut milk and made this for the first time. The idea was to make the consistency somewhere in between the dry and the full of gravy coconut lobhia curry. I have not had much luck with good variety of coconut milk, the ones that are available in the Indian stores are laden with chemicals and sometimes they are way past the expiry date. So I was delighted after some recommendations from friends found a good quality organic coconut milk.
I used the light coconut milk for this and the addition of the milk gave it a light, creamy taste (not overpowering) and that blended well with the masala and the black eyed beans. I am sure I will be making this more often and this goes well with rice or Rotis.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup black eyed beans (dry or canned)[ Lobhia/ Chawli/Chowli]
- ¾ cup chopped onions
- 2-3 medium tomatoes (diced)
- 1 tsp ginger grated
- garlic pods peeled and grated
- Chilli powder
- Turmeric
- Jaggery/sugar
- ½ tsp Coriander powder
- 1 cup coconut milk ( I used canned light version)
- Mustard seeds
- Cumin seeds
- Curry leaves
- Salt to taste
- Oil
Serves: 4
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. Make sure the beans are not over cooked.
- Separate the water from the cooked beans, sprinkle salt and mix well. (When it is hot, the beans absorb the salt well). Retain the cooked water in a separate bowl.
- Take a heavy bottom pan. Add oil and prepare the seasoning with mustard, curry leaves, jeera seeds.
- Add the grated garlic, ginger, onion and sauté until the onion turns transparent.
- Add the diced tomatoes, salt and stir it. Add turmeric, salt, coriander powder, jaggery and mix well.
- Add the cooked beans, cooked water, and coconut milk to the onion tomato mixture and stir well.
- Cover it with a lid and let it cook until everything is blended well.
- NOTE: Depending on preference make this gravy water as desired by adding more water or coconut milk.
Serve hot with rotis/phulkas or with rice.
The curry looks fantastic with eye catchy pictures ..looks so perfect for roti and rice.. Yummy..
yum, i love lobia!
nice curry .. i sometimes add lauki along with it
Lovely curry and am sure coconut milk gives it a wonderful flavor.
Lobia curry looks delish. I have some in my pantry…this recipe is next on my to-do list!
RC, would you let me know the name brand of the organic coconut milk you used please.
thanks.
Curry Looks delicious. I love to add coconut milk in lobhia/ chole curries. What brand coconut milk did you use?
RC, lovely curry, with coconut milk you can never go wrong. I am very hesitant to buy coconut milk and when I do I am really unhappy, same experience as yours. Can you give the brand of the coconut milk you used?
Delicious Curry!!! Coconut milk must have enhanced the flavour of this curry
Thanks all for the comments. For all those interested in the brand name, I will check the same and update it here.
Curry looks delicious!!
CSN contacted me last month and I was in India.I have to check out their site then..
Looks delicious, Supriya
That’s my favorite curry…what a comfort food.
The brand of organic coconut milk that I use is Thai kitchen Lite Coconut milk:
http://www.vitacost.com/Thai-Kitchen-Organic-Coconut-Milk-Lite?csrc=GPF-737628082506
Hi RC, let me wish you a very happy Mother’s day. Have a fun Sunday. Hugs to you too.
Blackeyed peas, specially the dark red kind is my fave beans. Gravy looks delicious.
Nourishing and healthy! Lobia is a great curry option:) Yumm too!
Coconut milk! That is such a nice idea. will be making lobia with coconut milk next time. I had seen a chickpea and coconut milk recipe at Priya’s (Akshayapatram) and have it in mind to do lentils with coconut milk.
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nice post. thanks.