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Sabud Garam Masale Waale Lobhia

Creamy black-eyed peas in a sauce built on fried onion, tomato and garlic pastes, fried in ghee perfumed with whole cinnamon, bay and smoky black cardamom until the fat separates; an easy weekday curry for rice.

  • YieldMakes about 3 cups; serves 4 with rice
  • Hands-on20 min
  • Total1 h 1 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 170 gdried black-eyed peas, about 1 cup
  • 720 mlwater, for cooking the peas

Sauce

  • 2 tbspfried onion paste
  • 2 tbsptomato paste
  • 1 tbspgarlic paste
  • 2 tspcoarse kosher or sea salt
  • ½ tspcayenne (ground red pepper)
  • ¼ tspground turmeric
  • 120 mlwater, for the slurry
  • 2 tbspghee or canola oil
  • 2 stickscinnamon sticks, about 7.5 cm
  • 2 leavesfresh or dried bay leaves
  • 2black cardamom pods
  • 2 tbspfresh cilantro leaves and tender stems, finely chopped, to garnish

Diet

  • Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Legumes (any)
  • Black-eyed peas and cowpeas
  • Wheat
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Chili peppers
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Turmeric
  • Cilantro / coriander
  • Bay leaf
  • Cinnamon
  • Cardamom
  • Chili heat (capsaicin)

Taste

  • Heat
  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Smoke
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Creamy
  • Tender-braised

Equipment

  • Stovetop
  • Pressure cooker

Season

  • Fall
  • Winter

Occasion

  • Weeknight
  • Meal prep

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 1
  • Make-ahead friendly
  • Leftovers-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: low
  • Protein: low
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: low
  • Fiber: high
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: low

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