Dried peas and soya green curry

Many of us want to get into healthy eating practises reducing oily fried foods, adding more healthier alternatives.Soya is one such thing and we used to buy it a lot often a few years ago and then i got bored of it i guess it never showed up in my kitchen for 4 years.Now again when it did we seem to be liking it a lot more than before.

I don't know what the reason was for disliking it but now i feel its more fresh and the way i cooked it i felt made a huge difference because otherwise these chunks are just like a blob of flesh lying with no taste or texture.

To make this we need

Dried peas half a cup
Soya chunks 20 numbers
Thick yogurt 2 tablespoons
Salt to taste
Garam masala 1 tsp
Onion 1 medium
Tomato 1 small
Jeera/cumin seeds 1 tsp
Oil 2 tsp

To grind to a smooth paste
Coriander leaves a small bunch
Curry leaves few
Green chilli 1
Ginger half an inch piece
Cashew nuts 5 nos

• Heat water in a wide mouthed vessel add salt to this and add the soya chunks to this.Let it cook for 5 minutes turn off the heat.Drain the water and squeeze excess water off the chunks and keep aside.Chop into desired sized pieces.
• Beat the yogurt with a whisk or in a blender and keep aside.
• Soak the dried peas for 1 hour and pressure cook it some salt for 2 whistles.
• Heat oil in a pan,add jeera let it pop then add the onions and tomatoes and cook well until both mash well.
• Add the ground paste and let it come to a boil.Once the raw spices smell goes away.
• Add the chopped chopped soya chunks and cooked dried peas.
• Let the spices coat the chunks and peas well.
• Check for salt and then add the garam masala and let it come a boil.
• Add the beaten yogurt and Turn off the heat.

Yummy green soya chunk and dried peas curry can be served hot with rotis and phulkas.

Dried peas and soya green curry

Many of us want to get into healthy eating practises reducing oily fried foods, adding more healthier alternatives.Soya is one such thing and we used to buy it a lot often a few years ago and then i got bored of it i guess it never showed up in my kitchen for 4 years.Now again when it did we seem to be liking it a lot more than before.

Dried peas curry

We all know legumes and pulses are good for us and I can also tell you they come to my rescue many a time.When I'm out of vegetables or when I want to make a simple snack look no more turn to your healthier friends - pulses.

I make this curry atleast once every week, it definitely goes well with chapathis or rotis, rice, dosas and idiyappam and appam, etc.

 Another good thing about these are that it doesn't need too much soaking time unlike other pulses and also once soaked it cooks faster.

You need
Dried peas soaked for a few hours 1 cup
Oil 2 tablespoons
Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds 1 tsp
Garam masala powder 1 tsp
Coriander powder 1 tsp

To make a smooth paste 
Onion 1 large
Tomato 2 medium
Ginger 1 inch piece
Green chilli 1

• Pressure cook the pre-soaked dry peas for 2-3 whistles about 10 minutes on a medium flame with a pinch of salt. 
• Heat a tablespoon of oil in a pan, add the onion,tomato, ginger, green chilli and fry well.
• Once this cools transfer it to a mixer and blend to a smooth paste.
• Heat a little oil, add mustard seeds, curry leaves, cumin seeds, fry well.Next add the ground paste.Add the masala powders - coriander and garam masala.
• Add the cooked peas.
• Now let this boil and check for salt.

Serve hot with rotis and tomato rice.Add chopped onions and a sprinkle of lemon juice for that extra bit!

Dried peas curry

We all know legumes and pulses are good for us and I can also tell you they come to my rescue many a time.When I'm out of vegetables or when I want to make a simple snack look no more turn to your healthier friends - pulses.