Stir Fried Red Cow Peas / Vanpayar Ularthiyathe

This side dish goes well with Kanji or rice gruel. It is also fine with your rice meal. It is full of proteins.

Stir Fried Red Cow Peas / Vanpayar Ularthiyathe

Ingredients

1. Stir Fried Red Cow Peas / Vanpayar Ularthiyathe - 2 cups soaked in water for 1 hour
2. Small onions - 8
3. Garlic - 4 cloves
5. Red Chilly - 3
6. Curry leaves - a few
7. Mustard seeds - 1 tspn

Method

Either pressure cook the peas (with 2 cups of water)  for 2 whistles or boil until it is cooked. Crush ingredients 2-6 and set aside. Heat oil and splutter mustard seeds. Add the crushed ingredients and fry until brown. Now add the cooked peas with enough salt and fry until it is dry.

Enjoy!

Yam and Red Cow Peas Cooked in Coconut / Chena Vanpayar Thenga Aracha Curry

I still have the Yam that Hubby brought from Kerala. Last time when I made Mezhukkuparatty with it, I cut a few into cubes and froze it for later use. This is the first time I have done so and wondered how frozen yam would behave. (It behaved well :))

Chena Vanpayar Thenga Aracha Curry

Ingredients

1. Yam (Chena) cut into cubes - 1 cup
2. Red Cow Peas (Vanpayar) soaked in water for 30 minutes or more - 1/2 cup
3. Chilly powder and Turmeric powder - 1/2 tspn each

To Grind:
4. Coconut - 1/2 cup
5. Cumin seeds - 1 tspn
6. Green Chilly - 2 nos.
7. Shallots or small onions - 5 nos.
8. Ginger - a small piece

Method

Either pressure cook or boil the yam with the powders. Mash it a little and add the ground paste. Let it boil for a few minutes. Temper it with fried mustard sees, shallots, curry leaves and chilly flakes in coconut oil.

Enjoy with rice.