A recipe with Persian influences from the Sindh region of Pakistan to serve with rice and pickles of your choice. The souring ingredient is the dried persian lime which you can get in middle eastern grocers or many supermarkets. To use, crack open and discard the black insides and any seeds, then lightly crush the dried pulp. The recipe is from ” Madhur Jaffrey’s Ultimate Curry Bible”.
Ingredients
- 200 g dried black eyed beans
- 3 tbsps sunflower oil
- 1 tsp whole cumin seeds
- 1 tsp black mustard seeds
- 4 plump garlic cloves peeled and chopped
- 15-20 fresh curry leaves optional
- 450 g spinach washed, finely chopped and left to drain
- 7-8 tbsps very finely chopped fresh dill
- 6 tbsps natural yoghurt
- 1 1/2 tsps coarsely ground chilli powder
- 1 dried lime or 1-2 tbsps lemon juice
Servings:
Instructions
- Cover the dried beans generously with water and leave to soak overnight. The next day drain them and put in a pan with 1 litre fresh water. Bring to a simmer, partially cover with a lid and cook for 50-60 minutes or until tender. Stir in 1 tsp salt, or more to taste.
- Pour the oil into a large pan or wok and set over a medium high heat. When the oil is hot put in the cumin and mustard seeds. As soon as the mustard seeds start to pop add the garlic and curry leaves.
- Stir once, then add the spinach and dill. Stir and cook until most of the liquid from the spinach is absorbed. Add the yoghurt and continue to cook, stirring, until the yoghurt is absorbed.
- Reduce the heat to low and add 350 ml water, the chilli powder and a good pinch salt. Stir then add the lime pulp to the spinach then pour all the contents of the spinach pan into the beans.
- Bring to a simmer then cover and simmer gently for 10 minutes before serving.
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