Black-Eyed Peas Rice/ Thattapayir Sadham

About the Recipe:

Another simple and easy one pot meal which is prepared using Black-Eyed Peas. It is called Thattapayir Sadham/ Black-Eyed Peas Rice. This is can be accompanied by any raitha or pickle or just papad. Now, let us get to know how to prepare this rice

Preparation Time: 10 mins (excluding soaking time)

Cook Time: 10-15 mins

Serves: 2

Ingredients needed:

Rice: 1 Cup

Black-Eyed Peas: 1 Cup

Small Onions/ Pearl Onions : 15-20 nos

Tomato: 1

Ginger: 1 inch piece

Garlic: 2-3 nos

Green Chilly: 2 nos

Dry Red Chilly: 1-2 (optional)

Turmeric Powder: ½  tsp

Water: 3 Cups

Salt: as required

Oil: 1 tbsp

Mustard seeds: 1 tsp

Cumin seeds: 2 tsp

Curry leaves: a few

Coriander leaves: a few

Preparation:

1. Wash and soak Black-Eyed Peas for two hours. Soaking the peas enables faster cooking

2. After soaking discard the water and pressure cook the peas with 2 – 3 cups of water for 5 to 6 whistles or until soft

3. After the Black-Eyed Peas is cooked drain the water into a bowl using a colander.You can use this water for cooking the rice

4. Chop onions, green chilly, tomato, ginger and garlic

Method:

1. In a pressure cooker, heat a tsp oil oil and add mustard seeds

2. After the mustard seeds splutter, add the cumin seeds

3. Then add chopped onions, garlic, ginger and green chillies

4. Add a little salt and cook till the onions are soft

5. Now, add the chopped tomatoes and turmeric powder, cook till soft            

6. Finally add the cooked Black-Eyed Peas , water – 3 Cups( measure the water drained from cooking the peas and if required add plain water also)and check for salt

7. Add chopped curry leaves, coriander leaves. Close the lid and cook for 3 whistles in medium flame

8. After the pressure completely subsides, open the cooker.

9. Serve the hot Black-Eyed Peas Rice (with a spoon of ghee on it if needed)  along with any raitha

Note:

1. Adding red chilles are optional. If you want the rice to be hot , you can add them

2. Add water only for the rice alone with cooking it. Do not add extra water for the Black-Eyed Peas , since it has already been cooked

3. Make sure the peas is well cooked before you add into cooker along with the rice. Do not try to cook with the rice

4. Adding small onions / pearl onions will enhance the taste of the rice. If you do not have pearl onions, you can add the big onions

Check out my other one pot meals

Dal Rice

Spicy Tomato Rice

Vegetable Biryani

Coriander(Cilantro) Rice/ Kothamalli Sadham