What is Lobia called in English?
Lobia are called black-eyed peas or black-eyed beans in English. These hidden gems belong to legume family.
Is Lobia good for health?
These soluble fibre rich lobia helps in controlling,
diabetics,
helps in maintaining weight,
good for heart.
So, these are one of the most loved beans and mostly used in different recipes across South India.
Some of the famous recipes using Lobia are,
Lobia Recipe
North Indian Style Lobia Recipe is made by cooking boiled lobia in spicy onion-tomato masala. This is a quite simple gravy made with very minimal Indian spices. You can easily serve this with roti or paratha. Even tastes best when served with jeera rice.
Punjabi Lobia Masala Recipe
Ingredients – Notes & Substitution
Lobia: Soaking lobia for at least 6-7 hours, turns them soft upon cooking. You can even use red lobia to make this recipe.
Onion-Tomato: The basic gravy for most of the Indian curry recipes is onion-tomato. This recipe of lobia masala is simple and is made with a simple onion-tomato gravy.
Garam Masala: Simple garam masala, made by powdering cardamom, cinnamon and cloves are used in making this gravy.
Milk: To give creamy and smooth texture to the recipe, I used milk. You can use cream or white butter.
Can I make this vegan?
Punjabi Lobia Masala
Punjabi Lobia Masala Curry is a delicious, easy to make and plant-protein rich North Indian style Black-Eyed Bean Curry recipe. This wholesome curry perfectly fits with roti, paratha, pulka and chapatis.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Lobia, soaked for 6-7 hours
- 1 Onion, finely sliced
- 2 medium Tomatoes, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp. Ginger juliennes
- 1 Green Chilli, slit length wise
- ½ tbsp. Garam Masala
- 3 Cloves
- 1 1’inch stick Cinnamon
- 1 Bay Leaf
- ½ tbsp. Cumin seeds
- 1 tbsp. Red chili powder
- ½ tbsp. Turmeric powder
- 1 tbsp. roasted Coriander powder
- ½ tbsp. roasted Cumin powder
- ½ cup Milk
- Salt
- Oil
- 1 tbsp. fresh Cream
Instructions
How to make Punjabi Lobia Masala Curry
- Wash and soak lobia overnight or for at least 6-7 hours. Drain the
water and set aside. - In a pressure cooker, add oil, bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves and
cardamom. When the spices start to release the aroma, add cumin seeds. - When these starts to splutter, add ginger juliennes and fry for 30
seconds. - Now add sliced onions and fry till translucent. Next add finely
chopped tomatoes and green chilli. - Fry till tomatoes turn soft and mushy. Now add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, garam masala, roasted coriander powder and roasted cumin powder.
- Fry for another one minute by giving the mixture nice stir.
- Now add drained lobia and mix well. Add 1½ glass of water and salt.
Pressure cook of 4-5 whistles. - Turn off and wait till steam escapes. Take the lid off and check whether the lobia is soft or not (When pressed with fingers it
should be soft and should get easily mashed). - Now add milk and check for salt. Cook on low flame for another
minute by giving the mixture gentle stir. Turn off the flame and add fresh cream. - Serve warm with roti or phulka or paratha.
- Add your 'love' to make this Punjabi Lobia Masala taste 'YUMMY'.
Notes
Lubna's Serving Suggestion:
Punjabi style lobia masala curry can be served with roti, phulka, rumali, besan ka chila, appam, jeera rice, tomato rice, etc.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 108Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 7mgSodium: 231mgCarbohydrates: 12gFiber: 3gSugar: 5gProtein: 3g
PT says
i just love this curry with roti.. tempting..
Shama Nagarajan says
yummy… .
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runnergirlinthekitchen.blogspot.com says
One of my regulars in the kitchen.. we love this!
Sebeena Loyd says
love the header part….and the healthy lobia packed with flavors.
prathibha Garre says
Lobia masala is a favorite at my place and appears quiet frequently..That header is so vibrant and good looking dear..
withaspin says
Is lobia same as black eyed pea? Looks delicious.
divya says
Delicious and tongue tickling!!!
ramya anand says
So easy and healthy dish!
Priya says
Protein packed curry,can have it with anything.
Swathi Iyer says
Delicious curry great with chapathi.
Nagashree says
Nice pictures, I make this very similarly too. I love the flavor of lobia.
Sudha Sabarish says
Perfect to have with roti's.Just love it.
Rekha says
favourite curry.. looks yummy!!!
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Priti S says
One of fav, I don't add milk otherwise almost same recipe ….nice header ….looks cool
Hamaree Rasoi says
I was introduced to this lobhia gravy by our landlord in Gurgaon. I have never added milk rest is almost same. Beautiful clicks
Janani says
first time to your space lovely recipes so glad I stepped to your space.
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aromaticencounters says
yummy…my mom used to make it quite often…and not to mention, the pics are amazing, as always
Needful Things says
Your lobia looks delicious.
We call the red kidney beans 'lobia' and I've almost never tried to make it with black-eyed peas. I'd love to try this out though. Thanks for the inspiration!
anusha praveen says
I like the new header Lubna. Awesome 🙂 and lip smacking Lobia
Susan says
Oooooh, Lubna ~ What a dreamy, creamy curry! And your photos are a treat. : )
Thank you for sharing your very fine recipe for MLLA 55!
saffronstreaks says
since I could never figure out how to make lobia looks + taste delicious, I never prefer it, and thanks Lubna for showing me how to make this so tasteful. LOVE it
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