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New Year's Day Blackeyed Peas & Greens Salad

January 03, 2021

Spinach & Blackeyed Peas Salad I love nutty flavorful blackeyed peas anytime; so it is easy to enjoy the Southern US tradition of including them and greens as part of the days meals. I have enjoyed the peas and greens in Soup or Stew or Curries but this time decided to use them in a new way. Et voila! New Year's Day Blackeyed Peas & Greens Salad is simple, quick to put together and very hearty. Ready to use baby spinach makes this salad very easy to do even on a busy day. The blackeyed peas salad maybe made a day ahead; it is quite delicious on its own too. We love varying the lemon/lime/vinegar; all are delicious. For more recipes with Blackeyed Peas please check: Hoppin' John With Greens , Poricha Kuzhambu (Blackeyed Peas with Coconut) , Black-eyed Peas & Greens, Kerala Style . 2 servings INGREDIENTS: Blackeyed Peas Salad 1/2 cup dried Blackeyed Peas 1 small clove fresh Garlic, minced 14 small Red Onion, thinly slivered 1 Roma Tomato, slivered 1 small Green Chile...

Black-eyed Peas With Greens, Kerala Style (For New Year's Day or Any Day)

October 12, 2019

Black-eyed Peas With Greens was inspired by the Kerala style stews; this stew is an amalgam of ingredients found in both the U.S. and India. Tasty, Simple, good and good for you, what's not to love? Black-eyed Peas With Greens can be enjoyed as a soup or stew depending on the amount of water you add. Black-eyed Peas With Greens is fabulous traditional fare for New Year's Day to bring good luck and good health! Other greens such as Chard, Kale, Collards, etc maybe added instead of spinach; but these greens are sturdier than spinach and would need more time to cook. Add them at the same time as the black-eyed peas to the pot and simmer until desired doneness is achieved. Note: Black-eyed peas cook relatively quickly even when unsoaked; so soaking is beneficial but optional. Ingredients: Masala: 2-3 Tbsp Coconut, dried unsweetened 1 tsp Cumin Seeds 1 dried hot Red Chile Stew: 1 cup Black-eyed Peas, cooked until soft 1 small Onion, finely diced 1 clove ...

Multi-Grain Spiced Kichdi (Multi-Grain Risotto With Indian Spices)

July 23, 2015

I love this well-spiced Masala Kichdi with assorted grains and lentils - it is hearty as it is delicious and I could eat it every day! It is fragrantly spiced but not hot and is suitable for children as well. When serving you may want to remove the chiles to avoid a child or someone unfamiliar with Indian food getting an unpleasant surprise! Although the chiles give a wonderful aroma to the food, they are not meant to be eaten. Obviously you don't absolutely have to have so many different kinds of grains and lentils to make it wonderful; just a couple each will do just fine; the basic proportions are 1 part grain to 1, 2, or 3 parts legumes (dals) - use whatever combinations beguile you. I wanted to see how many different kinds I could put in; Red, Black, or Arborio rice and Amaranth are a couple of more possible additions. I prepare the Kichdi in the pressure cooker. Prepare the seasonings and add to the cooker and proceed according to manufacturer's directions on using ...

Mathan and Payar Puzhukku (New Year's Day Black-eyed Peas & Pumpkin Stew)

January 01, 2013

A Puzhukku is simply a fragrant stew flavored with coconut, chiles, cumin seeds and fresh curry leaves; karamani (dried cow peas/red chori beans), are often added to vegetable puzhukkus to make them hearty. Puzhukku is a traditional home-style thick Kerala stew to accompany plain rice or kanji (gruel typically made with a grain like rice, wheat, etc). This one is made with Kabocha squash, a sweet pumpkin-like winter squash with green skin and usually the traditional karamani beans. Black-eyed peas make a great substitute when karamani/cow peas are not available as they are in the same family and very close in taste. Black-eyed peas are eaten on New Year's Day for good luck according to the Southern tradition in the United States - a very tasty and nutritious tradition that I am very happy to observe :). They are a great addtition to Mathan Puzhukku. The chiles, cumin, and coconut flavor the stew beautifully; the protein-rich black-eyed peas balance the sweetness of the s...

Black-Eyed Peas With Coconut

December 31, 2011

Happy New Year Everyone! May your lives be blessed with good health, peace, love, joy and laughter everyday of the new year! Here is a delicious Black-eyed peas dish to begin the New Year! Szechuan pepper (Fagara) is not really part of the pepper family but the berries from prickly ash trees. Japanese sansho is a close relative of fagara. Fagara is not hot like pepper but has a pungent flavor. It is used in Indian, Nepalese, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean cuisines. This stew can be made two ways - with or without garlic. Fagara is available for purchase in Asian and Indian markets. If fagara is not readily available, it is no matter; just omit and proceed with the rest of the ingredients and you will still have a fabulous stew. Dessicated (dry, unsweetened) coconut may be used instead of fresh or frozen; use about half as much as the fresh. 4 Servings Ingredients: 1 cup dry Black-eyed peas 1 tsp instant Tamarind paste 1/2 cup fresh grated coconut (or frozen) 2 dried Red Chile 1...

Mathan & Karamani Erisseri (Pumpkin & Red Cow Peas Stew With Toasted Coconut)

December 04, 2011

A delicious stew from Kerala, Erisseri is a traditional dish for major holidays and feasts. It can be prepared with flavorful ripe pumpkins or green immature ones! My favorite erisseri was my grandmother's green pumpkin erisseri with green and shelled karamani beans. But do not , I do mean do not make it with the Jack-O-Lantern type of pumpkins whether they are orange or white as they are not flavorful at all - been there, done that :D. Pumpkins, unripe Jack Fruit, Moringa pods, Elephant Yam, etc are traditional veggies used to make this delicious stew. Yard Long beans are also added to pumpkin or yam erisseri when available. Various winter and summer squashes and chayote also make good erisseri veggies. Karamani are red cow peas labeled as "red chori beans" at the Indian markets. Black eyed peas or Azuki beans may be use instead of red chori beans. 4 - 6 Servings Ingredients: 1/2 small Pumpkin (about 2 cups) 1/2 cup Red Chori/Azuki Beans/Black-eyed peas 1 tsp Sea Sa...

Poricha Kuzhambu II (Black-eyed Peas & Veggie Stew With Coconut)

January 25, 2011

Here is a wonderful Poricha Kuzhambu for the New Year with the lucky and delicious black eyed peas! I felt very lucky to have a stash of black-eyed peas in my pantry as I love their flavor and wanted to make something new for the New Year with them. The young pods as well as the freshly shelled black-eyed peas make a wonderful addition if you are lucky to find them. Here's to a very Happy and Healthy New Year, everyone! Use a combination from the following list of vegetables for best taste as well as nutrition - green bananas, zucchini, carrots, green beans, green Lima beans, Edamame, Opo/Chayote squash, Sprouted beans or peas , other mild flavored veggies, etc. Other beans such as val , red chori, white or brown chick peas, etc may be used in place of/in addition to the black-eyed peas. Click here for more information on poricha kuzhambus and a traditional time-tested version with roasted ingredients. 4 - 6 Servings Ingredients: 1 cup Black Eyed Peas 4 cups Assorted Vegetables ...

Hoppin' John and Greens Indian Style (Black-eyed Pea Dal & Aloo-Palak)

January 04, 2010

Whether or not you believe in the idea of gaining good fortune for the New Year by eating of Hoppin' John and Greens the Southern way, you will definitely be eating healthy and tasty. Nor does one have to limit oneself to eating black-eyed peas only on New Years Day. :-) They can be made into various dals or salads, or added to stews and soups. In honor of the Southern tradition, I made a dal using black-eyed peas, and for the greens, since I had a bag of spinach, I made Aloo Palak - potatoes with spinach. I served the dal and Aloo-Palak with fragrant Basmati rice and I sure feel very lucky that we not only had a wonderful meal, but also for all else to be thankful about. Happy New Year Everyone! May your lives be enriched with abundance of all kinds, love, peace and joy everyday! This is a recipe that will give you two dishes for the effort of one! The sauteed onion mixture is common for both the dishes but then they diverge into the soupy dal and the potato and spinach ...

Olan (Coconut milk & Curry Leaves Scented Vegetable Stew)

November 12, 2008

Olan is perhaps the simplest of all Kerala recipes. The unique combination of the ingredients contributes to producing an amazingly delicious taste sensation leaving one longing for more! Olan is traditionally made with mathan (pumpkin), elavan or kumbalanga (winter melon or ash gourd), and fresh or dry cowpeas or karamani (Red Chori in Hindi) or dry black-eyed peas. No important feast is complete in Kerala without Olan - especially one served during the Onam festival. An important fact to note here is that Olan is one of the very few dishes where turmeric is not used!! That is indeed rare for an Indian vegetable dish! Olan with Kabocha squash and Red Chori Beans Olan can be made with a combination of the pumpkin and winter melon along with the karamani or black-eyed peas. At our home it was made using either the pumpkin or the winter melon but not both at once. I was very fortunate to have a volunteer pumpkin (Kabocha) plant growing (thanks to a little bit of pit ...