Roasted Eggplant and Black Eyed Peas

 Its new year and inevitable every year there is always an article about what foods are eaten on Jan 1st for good luck. And in the South of the USA, Black Eyed Peas are eaten.

I have a couple of Black Eyed recipes from before

Black Eyed Peas and Cabbage

Turkey Sausage with Black Eyed Peas

But this time I made with the roasted eggplants and yum yum yum is all I have to say

Roasted Eggplant and Black Eyed Peas (Black eyed peas cooked with roasted eggplant with Indian Spices)

Roasted Eggplant and Black Eyed Peas

Ingredients:

1. 1 medium eggplant horizontally sliced and drizzled with a bit of an oil and roasted on an open flame for 5 minutes on each side ( I roast them on my stove top flame)
2. 1 can black eyed peas drained or 1 cup dried black eyed peas soaked over night and cooked in a cooker for 3 whistles with 2 cups of water
3. 1 teaspoon each of salt, cumin, red chilli powder
4. 2 teaspoon coriander powder
5. 1 medium onion chopped fine
6. 1 teaspoon graded ginger
7. chopped fresh coriander/cilantro  for garnish
8. 1 tablespoon oil

Leave the roasted eggplant covered in a plate for 5- 10 minutes. Scrape the meat out of the skin and mash it so that there is are no big pieces or long strands of flesh.

In an pan heat the oil and add the chopped onions and fry until they start becoming brown. Add the ginger and give it a quick stir. Add the roasted eggplant and all the spices and mix well. Cover and cook for 5 minutes. Add the drained black eyed peas and 1 cup water or the contents of the cooker. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Garnish with cilantro and enjoy on a New Year's day with Roti or Rice

Cabbage with Peas

Today was a day that I wanted to make vegetarian but not too many vegetables in my fridge. So I made one of the most easiest , yummiest and fastest vegetarian dishes ever. Cabbage with Peas. I also make Cabbage with Black Eyed Peas curry. This one is with a little bit of gravy and it is soooo creamy and delicious

I served this Cabbage with peas with white rice and Kaccha Khatta. You could also try a different version of it called Till ka Khatta

Cabbage with Peas (Stir fried cabbage with Peas)

Cabbage with peas

Ingredients:

1. 4 cups of cabbage slice into fine long shreds
2. 1 1/4  cup frozen peas
3. 1 tablespoons oil
4. 2 cloves garlic minced fine
5. Pinch of asafetida 
6. 1/2 teaspoon each of cumin seeds, mustard seeds and urad dal
7. 2 red chilis broken
8. 1/4  teaspoon ground turmeric 
9. 3/4  teaspoon salt
10. 1 tablespoons chopped cilantro 

In a pan heat the oil and fry the cumin, mustard seeds and urad dal and dried red chillies till they start to splutter. Add the garlic and asafetida and fry for 30 seconds. Add cabbage and stir to combine. Add turmeric and cover and cook for 10 minutes. Add peas and salt and stir to combine. Cook further for 5 more minutes. garnish with cilantro and enjoy with white rice or roti

Cabbage with black-eyed peas

am running low on supplies i.e vegetables and the items in my pantry. And since its almost (2 more days )weekend I am just procastinating my shopping trip. So I am just trying to make something out of whatever I am left with. case in point I have cabbage in the fridge and black eyed peas and a whole lot of cans of tomato paste in my pantry. SO I decided to make them. And the accompainment is Pyaz ka khatta i.e is onions cooked in tamarind juice. And I am cooking rice today but I bet this cabbage-black eyed peas combo aka curry would go well with plain roti. So here comes

cabbage with black-eyed peas (The items cooked in indian spices)

Ingredients:

1. 4 cups thinly sliced cabbage
2. 1 can black eyed peas drained
3. 1/2 cup chopped onions
4. 1 green chilly chopped
5. 2 tablepoons oil
6. 1/2 teaspoon salt, chilly powder, grated ginger
7. 1 teaspoon mild Madras curry powder (otherwise use 1/2 teaspoon each of cumin powder, coriander powder)
8. 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
9. coriander for garnishing

In a pan heat the oil and fry the onions till tender. Add chilly pieces and ginger and fry for a couple of minutes. Add cabbage, a little water and cover and cook till they become tender (I cooked both cabbage and BEPs (  :D Black Eyed Peas) in peassure cooker with1/4 cup water for one whistle to speed up the process)
           Add BEPs and all the other ingredients stir to combine, cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir occasinally. garnish with cilantro and serve with roti or rice

Pyaz ka khatta (Onions cooked in Tamarind juice)

Pyaz ka khatta

Ingredients:

1. 1 medium onion chopped
2. 3 cups of juice/ pulp from 1 small lemon sized tamarind
3. 1 green chilly chopped
4. 1/2 teaspoon salt, chilly powder, turmeric
5. 1 tablespoon oil

In a pressure cooker heat the oil and fry the onions till they start changing color. Add chilly pieces and fry for a couple of more minutes. Add all the other ingredients, close the cooker and cook for 3 whistles. Let the steam escape and open the cooker and simmer till oil float on top. Garnish with cilantro and enjoy