Charishma's Delicious Pressure Cooked Black-Eyed Peas (Chauli)
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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3
ingredients
- 2 medium onions, peeled, washed and chopped
- 1 medium tomatoes, washed, peeled and sliced
- 414.03 ml black-eyed peas, washed, soaked in water for 30 minutes and drained before using (chauli)
- 7 garlic cloves, peeled, washed and chopped
- 1 medium green chili, washed, ends trimmed and chopped
- 1 inch fresh ginger, peeled, washed and chopped
- 4.92 ml salt
- 6.16 ml turmeric powder
- 1.23 ml red chili powder
- 709.77 ml water, to pressure cook the black-eye peas
- 14.79 ml pure wesson canola oil
directions
- Heat oil in a pressure cooker on medium flame.
- Once its hot, toss in the green chilli, garlic, ginger and onions.
- Saute for 5-7 minutes or until the raw smell of the ginger and garlic is gone, and, they smell aromatic, and appear golden-brownish in colour{appearance}.
- Add turmeric and red chilli powders.
- Stir-fry for 5 minutes.
- Stir in the drained black-eye peas and cook, covered, on full flame for 5 minutes, stirring every 2 minutes.
- Fold in the chopped tomato and salt.
- Mix well and cook for 5 minutes.
- Stir in 3 cups of water, mix well and close the cooker with its lid.
- Cook on full flame{high heat} until the first whistle is heard.
- Then, lower flame for 2 minutes before you increase it again to full heat and cook until you hear the second whistle.
- Likewise, lower heat again for 3 minutes, before you increase it again to full and hear the third whistle.
- Now, switch off the source of heat/gas stove/electric unit, and allow the black-eye peas to cook in the heat that has built up in the pressure cooker, until the pressure is gone and the lid can be easily opened.
- Open the lid and serve the chauli hot with rotis/Indian flatbreads and/or plain long-grain white Basmati rice/Charishma's Cumin Rice{recipe posted separately}.
- Enjoy!
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Reviews
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I enjoyed this vegetarian pressure cooker recipe. I used jalapeno for the green chile and cayenne for the chili powder. I have a jiggle top pressure cooker and so wasn't quite sure about the whistles, as mine doesn't whistle, but hisses whether at high or low heat. I did the best I could following the times and it turned out great. Easy and quick for black eyed peas. Thanks for posting.
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I liked this recipe very much. I fixed this for dinner with jeera (cumin) rice and a side of herbed veggies. Only thing I added was about a 1 teaspoon of garam masala before closing the pressure cooker. I also used purple onion instead of white or yellow. Great recipe, there were no leftovers. Even my MIL liked it which is not very common for her. Thanks Charisma!
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The recipe was easy to make and was very tasty. I substituted jalapeno for green chilies and kept the spice on the mild side. The second time I prepared it, I added frozen corn after the pressure cook. Corn and black-eye peas just seem to go hand in hand. Later for leftovers, I mixed in plain calrose rice and ate it for lunch.
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