I spend a lot of time looking at every corner of Indian store here and I wonder about new vegetables that I have never tasted. Almost during every visit, I saw these frozen pigeon peas and wondered what to make with them. Then I saw my friend P making this delicious subji with them. She mentioned that her family loves these. They look almost like avrekalu(val) but do not have the slight bitter taste. They taste delicious. So I have been making this dish regularly.
Ingredients: 2 cups tuvar lilva (pigeoan peas) 1 tbl spn coconut 1 tea spn coriander seeds 1 tea spn cumin seeds 1 tea spn ginger-garlic paste 3-4 green chillies 1/2 cup onion 1/4 cup chopped coriander leaves with stems 1 tea spn mustard seeds A pinch turmeric 1/4 cup chopped tomatoes Oil Salt
Method: Cook tuvar lilva and keep it aside. Heat oil and fry coriander seeds, cumin seeds. Add ginger-garlic, green chillies, onions. When the onions become translucent, add coconut. Fry for a min. Grind with coriander leaves to a smooth paste. Heat a little oil, add mustard seeds. When they start popping, add curry leaves, onions, turmeric. Fry for few minutes. Then add tomato, cooked tuvar and the paste. Add salt, cover and cook till done.
PS: You can also use dried pigeon peas for this if you don’t find frozen ones. Soak them in water before cooking. If you do not find pigeon peas, use some other kind of peas, the taste will be different due to the kind of peas used.
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Fenugreek or methi is supposed to have anti-diabetic effects on human body. According to wiki – ‘ Several human intervention trials demonstrated that the antidiabetic effects of fenugreek seeds ameliorate most metabolic symptoms associated with type-1 and type-2 diabetes in both humans and relevant animal models by reducing serum glucose and improving glucose tolerance ‘. I like to try new dishes with both methi seeds and leaves. I saw this recipe on a cooking show few days back. I am also trying to minimize the usage of rice in our diet. So these days we try to eat more chapatis and parathas. These parathas made a wholesome and tasty meal.
Ingredients: 1/2 cup moong dal 1/2 cup chopped fenugreek(methi) leaves 1/2 tea spn pepper powder 1 tea spn cumin seeds 2 cups (approx, use what is needed to make a dough) wheat flour Ghee Salt
Method: Cook moong dal in pressure cooker with just enough water till it is soft. Mix cooked dal, chopped methi leaves, cumin seeds, pepper powder and salt. Add enough wheat flour to make a soft dough. Knead it very well. Take small balls of the dough and roll into parathas. Roast them on both sides on a hot tava. Serve hot.
Serves : 2-3 Preparation time : 30mins
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