Spicy Black-Eyed Pea Curry amongst Swiss Chard too Roasted Eggplant

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Black-eyed peas induce got long been i of my favorite legumes , adding a welcome earthiness to dishes comprised of tangy , zesty or spicy flavors that brand them a wonderful base of operations inwards curries. In this nourishing curry , earthiness takes the primary phase alongside roasted eggplant too Swiss chard.

The eggplant isn't actually the primary star inwards this dish , but it does add together texture too roasting the vegetable brings out a delightful hint of sweetness. Fried eggplant is enjoyable likewise , but roasting brings out a unique flavor profile that I don't discovery frying quite matches — it was thus skillful merely equally is , alongside common salt merely out of the roasting pan , that it's a wonder whatever of the eggplant ended upwards inwards the curry. Next fourth dimension I mightiness movement it inwards a salad to appreciate the goodness of this nether appreciated vegetable.

Wholesome too nourishing , sweetness too earthy black-eyed pea curry alongside Swiss chard too roasted eggplant Ingredients: 2/3 loving cup dried black-eyed peas (2 cups cooked) 1 large globe or Italian eggplant 1 bunch Swiss chard , trimmed too chopped 2 teaspoons olive oil 2 shallots , mined 2 light-green or blood-red chilies , seeded too finely chopped 2 teaspoons curry powder 1/2 teaspoon basis coriander 1/2 teaspoon basis cumin 1/2 teaspoon basis mustard powder 1/2 teaspoon garam masala 1 medium love apple tree , finely chopped 5 tablespoons H2O , or to a greater extent than equally needed juice from 1 lemon (3 tablespoons) 1 teaspoon bounding main common salt , or to taste Instructions: Rinse the black-eyed peas too soak inwards several inches of H2O for half-dozen hours or overnight. Drain too rinse , too thus transfer to a large saucepan too comprehend alongside fresh water. Bring to a boil , trim back rut to medium-low , comprehend , too simmer for xl to lx minutes. Take help non to overcook — the beans should endure tender but non endure falling apart. Drain too laid aside. To ready the eggplant , cutting of the stalk too bottom border too and thus cutting inwards one-half lengthwise. Score the flesh into diagonal 1-inch lines , too thus plough too grade over again until you lot induce got a diagonal pattern. Take help non to cutting through the skin. Sprinkle alongside unopen to common salt too allow sit down for xl minutes. Rinse too squash out whatever excess water. Brush the eggplant alongside unopen to stone oil too transfer to a roasting pan. Bake inwards a preheated 400° oven until the flesh appears collapsed too is wrinkly. Remove from rut too allow cool for nearly 10 minutes , flavor alongside a fight of common salt , too take the flesh from the eggplant. If at that spot is likewise much H2O , drain inwards a strainer. Set aside. Heat the stone oil over medium rut inwards the same saucepan used to ready the black-eyed peas. When hot , toss inwards the shallots too chilies too sauté for two to three minutes. Now add together the spices too stir for unopen to other infinitesimal , until fragrant. Add the love apple tree , ready for unopen to other few minutes , too and thus add together the eggplant too black-eyed peas , too ready for unopen to other few minutes , stirring often. Pour a few tablespoons of H2O into the pan too add together handfuls of chard at a fourth dimension until wilted. Add to a greater extent than H2O equally necessary. Add the lemon juice too common salt to gustation close the cease of the cooking time. Remove from rut , comprehend , too allow sit down for a few minutes earlier serving. Makes 4 to half-dozen servings

This is my contribution to Eat Your Greens , a monthly consequence co-hosted past times Shaheen too The VegHog.

Other black-eyed pea dishes to bask from Lisa's Kitchen:
Black-Eyed Peas alongside Coconut Milk , Curry Leaves too Spices
Black Tea too Gingered Black-Eyed Peas
Black-Eyed Peas alongside Fenugreek too Tomatoes
Black-Eyed Peas alongside Mustard , Cumin too Curry Leaves