Lobia = black-eyed beans in the Punjab
Just check this out:
I love cooking with pulses because they cost bugger all and pack a big protein kick. If you spice them right, you won't miss the meat one bit. Oh, and Indian food is so very very spicy. Love it!
This excellent North Indian recipe is very very very nearly vegan and that near miss is because I couldn't resist adding a dollop of cream. Leave it out. Be vegan!
Serves: 4
Cost: 1.25 zl per person (25 UK pence, 62 Kazakhstani Tenge)
You'll need:
- two good handfuls of black-eyed beans soaked overnight then boiled for an hour till soft
- 2 green chillies, 2 cloves of garlic and an inch of ginger whizzed up in a coffee blender to a fine paste
- 2 finely chopped onions
- 2 fresh tomatoes skinned and pureed
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp nigella (onion) seeds (optional)
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp cumin powder
- 1/3 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/3 tsp red chilli powder
Let's get on it!
1. Soak the beans overnight then boil for an hour till soft
2. Prep the green chilli/ garlic/ ginger paste. Puree the tomatoes and chop those onions real fine, baby.
3. Prep the onion and mustard seeds - these add a subtle pungency and nutty characteristic
4. Prep the powdered spices. Now you're ready to rock!
5. Veg oil in a hot wok. Seeds in
6. When the seeds snap crackle and pop, get the onions in. Sprinkle salt to speed up the cooking process
8. Turmeric in
9. Tomatoes in
10. Cook that down nicely for around 5 minutes
11. Get the rest of those spices in!
12. Risk a little cream - you naughty boy!
13. Time for the beans! Salt to taste
14. Cook for around 5 minutes more on a low heat - let those beans incorporate themselves into that amazing sauce!
15. Serve with basmati rice
What did this cost?
- beans: 1 zl
- Tomatoes: 1.5 zl
- rice: 1.6 zl
- the rest: 0.9 zl
Total: 5 zl
Serves: 4
Total per person: 1.25 zl
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