Spiced Black eyed peas
Spiced Black eyed peas

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Black-eyed peas are commonly used in the making of vegetarian curry dishes and in Southern dishes. These dishes are characteristically spicy and a number of spices are responsible for that effect. Curry dishes with black-eyed peas often include cumin, coriander, curry powder and turmeric.

Spiced Black eyed peas is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Spiced Black eyed peas is something that I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have spiced black eyed peas using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Spiced Black eyed peas:
  1. Prepare 1 1/2 cups Black eyed peas -
  2. Make ready 1 Onion - chopped
  3. Get 3 Tomatoes - medium diced
  4. Make ready 1 tsp garlic paste -
  5. Get 1 tsp ginger paste -
  6. Prepare 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds -
  7. Prepare 1/2 tsp Fennel seeds -
  8. Get 1 tsp Garam masala -
  9. Make ready pinch Turmeric powder - a
  10. Make ready 1 tsp Chilli powder -
  11. Take to taste Salt
  12. Make ready Oil
  13. Make ready Cilantro to garnish

While I do like to make elaborate and tough-to-make-at-short-notice types If you think, the gravy is not thick enough, then you can mash few black eyed peas to make it thick. Garnish it with the herbs and serve hot. This creamy black-eyed-pea dish relies on assertive African flavors like berbere (an Ethiopian spice mix) and coconut milk. Fold in the cilantro and scallions and serve.

Instructions to make Spiced Black eyed peas:
  1. Saute the cumin and fennel seeds in some oil. When the flavour from the seeds infuses with the oil, add the onions and the ginger and garlic pastes and saute until the onions are soft, then add the beans
  2. Next add the spice powders: garam masala, turmeric powder and chilli powder and saute for a minute. Add the tomatoes, salt and some water
  3. Bring to a boil, cover and cook for 15 mins or until the peas are soft
  4. If the gravy is not thick enough, mash some of the peas to make it thick. Garnish and serve!
  5. Goes well with some steamed rice or rotis

Serve with a spicy mixture of sauteed onions, garlic, black-eyed peas, and rice for a filling and nutritious meal. Very flavorable and the blackeyed peas and rice make a good side dish for the chicken. I couldn't find Old Bay seasoning so I substituted a cumin based seasoning that I had on hand. The black-eyed pea, black-eyed bean, or goat pea is a legume grown around the world for its medium-sized, edible bean. Its other common name is cowpea, although it is actually a subspecies of the cowpea.

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