Cow Pea - Black Eyed Peas (Chawali Bhaji)

Ingredients:

• Cow Pea - Black eyed peas beans (Chawali)  250 grams, chopped horizontally or vertically as desired.
• 2 green chilies finely chopped
• cumin seeds ( jeera)
•  mustard seeds
• Salt as required
• Oil
• turmeric powder
• Asafoetida
• Lemon juice if desired
• ½ table spoon sugar if desired
• Coriander leaves

Time Required:

15 minutes.

Serving:

2 persons

Method:

• Take a table spoon of oil in a pan and add mustard, cumin seeds and let it crackle. 
• Add green chilies and sauté for a minute.
• Add asafoetida, turmeric powder and chawali cut pieces to the pan. Mix everything thoroughly.
• Keep it on low flame and keep stirring after a while.
• Add coriander leaves, lemon juice (if desired), sugar (if desired). Cook for few minutes but keep sauting in between.
•  Serve hot along with chapatti/rotli/dashmi.

Health Benefits:

  Low calorie, good source of fiber  maintain improved blood sugar levels and helps to slow the rate of absorption of carbohydrate.

Zinc vitamin C copper, foliates, potassium and iron carry out many important functions in the body including ensuring normal electrical activity in the heart and utilizing proteins. 

Bonus Tip :

You can add ground nut powder to vegetable while cooking and this will give you different taste. Tomato can be added and you will get again a different version of the vegetable.

Fuel Saving Tip :

If you soak the vegetable in water for some time before cooking, it will require lesser time and energy to cook. Also, you can use the water used for soaking for making daal or other vegetables.