Black Eyed Peas Curry | Bobbarlu Curry | Alasandalu Curry
Black Eyed Peas Curry | Bobbarlu Curry is one of the nutritionally packed recipes from Andhra Cuisine which is not only helpful for losing weight but also good for your heart. Learn how to make black eyed peans curry with our step by step image instructions along with tips and a video.
Cooking alasandalu plays an important role as there is a chance of getting mushy while pressure cooking. Based on the soaking time cooking time depends, we might think they are hard but they become soft in no time when pressure cooked.
We can cook this Bobbarlu Curry recipe either by just adding onions, tomatoes and few spices or by adding veggies like beetroots, potatoes and leafy vegetables. Or If you do not like to make curry, we can simply add little salt while pressure cooking and sauté them with few onions have like a snack.
This recipe is called with different names based on geolocation. In Andhra People call bobbarlu or alasandalu curry whereas, in North India, people call as Lobia curry. Whatever the name we call they taste great when accompanied with chapati or with steamed rice.
Tips to make perfect Black Eyed Peas Curry:
- Before cooking peas, they need to be soaked for a minimum of 6 hours or soak overnight to get a soft texture.
- While cooking bobbarlu, they need to be pressure cooked for 2 whistle blows. One on high flame and the other on medium flame.
- To get enough gravy we make use of onions and tomatoes.
- Do not throw pressure cooked stock of black eyed peas, instead put it in curry.
- Check whether peas are cooked or not, if you feel they need to cook continue cooking without a lid.
- If you feel peas turned very soft, then pour chilled water over hot peas so that they turn a bit hard.
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Black Eyed Peas Curry | Bobbarlu Curry | Alasandalu Curry
Black Eyed Peas Curry | Bobbarlu Curry is one of the nutritional packed recipes from Andhra Cuisine which is not only helpfulfor losing weight but also good for your heart.
Ingredients
- Black Eyed Peas/ Bobbarlu/ Alasandalu – 1 bowl
- Water – to soak
- Salt – ¾ tbsp.
- Oil – 4 tbsp.
- Cinnamon sticks – 2 No.
- Cloves – 3 No.
- Green cardamom – 3 No. crushed
- Cumin seeds – ½ tbsp.
- Bay leaves – 2 No.
- Onions – 1 bowl
- Green chillies – 2 No.
- Curry leaves – 2 tbsp.
- Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp.
- Tomatoes – 1 bowl
- Turmeric powder – ½ tbsp.
- Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp.
- Red chilli powder – ½ tbsp.
- Coriander powder – ½ tbsp.
Instructions
- Soak black eyed Peas in a bowl overnight as they are hard to cook directly.
- Remove soaked water and add fresh water and clean them.
- Put these Peas in a pressure cooker, add a glass full of water, a little salt and pressure cook for 2 whistle blows. One on high flame and the other on low flame.
- Once done, off the flame and let the pressure cooker cool down.
- Meanwhile, put little oil in a pan, add cinnamon sticks, cumin seeds, green cardamoms, bay leaves and cloves. Mix.
- Add green chillies, onions and curry leaves and ginger garlic paste. Mix till the raw flavour is done.
- Put tomatoes, salt and turmeric powder. Mix and close the lid. Cook for a while till tomatoes turn soft.
- Check Peas, if they are perfectly cooked transfer them into the above tomato mix along with its stock.
- If you feel water is less, add tea glass full water and sprinkle red chilli powder. Mix.
- Close the lid and cook for a minute or two till we get thick gravy and Peas absorb flavours of spices.
- Sprinkle coriander powder and mix.
Garnish Black Eyed Peas Curry with coriander leaves and serve hot with chapati or with rice.
Recipe Video
How to make Black Eyed Peas Curry:
1. Put Peas in a bowl and pour little water and soak overnight with lid covered.
2. Drain soaked water and pour a little more water and clean Peas before cooking.
3. Put soaked Peas in a pressure cooker, add ¼ tbsp. salt, 1 glass full water and pressure cook for 2 whistle blow.
4. Heat oil in a pan, add cinnamon sticks, cloves and green cardamoms.
5. Add cumin seeds, bay leaves, onions and green chillies.
6. Put curry leaves and ginger garlic paste. Saute for a while till its raw flavour is cooked.
7. Add tomatoes, turmeric powder, ½ tbsp. salt and mix. Cook for a minute or two with lid covered till tomatoes turn soft.
8. Open the lid of a pressure cooker and check Peas, if we can break them with fingers then they are ready.
9. Add pressure cooked black eyed Peas along with their stock and mix well.
10. Put red chilli powder and a glass full of water and cook further for a minute or two with the lid covered.
11. Sprinkle coriander powder and coriander leaves. Serve Black Eyed Peas Curry hot.
