Charishma's Delicious Pressure Cooked Black-Eyed Peas (Chauli)

"My family absolutely loves this dish I created on July the 2nd'04 in my apartment in America. I served this with my own Cumin rice (recipe posted separately). Personally, I like this because of the minimum amount of oil (fat) I used to make this and for the fact that now, I am no longer afraid to use a pressure cooker!!! I know you will love it if you are looking for a nice Indian vegetarian side dish, go for this one! Don't forget to review it, so I know what you think of it!"
 
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Ready In:
1hr
Ingredients:
11
Serves:
3
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ingredients

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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

  1. 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.
     
  2. Thank you Charishma, This is very good. I will make this again.
     
  3. This was a great dish! I more or less made 1/2 the recipe, and it was a big hit. I'll definitely be making this again.
     
  4. 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!
     
  5. Very tasty dish. I like things very spicy, so I added more thai chiles and put in some dry red chiles also. But that's the only thing I changed. Thanks for all the delicious looking recipes you've posted--I think I'll be trying more of your recipes soon!
     
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Tweaks

  1. 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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