Pigeon Peas/ Gunga, gungo Peas – Lilva Tuver Curry

Pigeon Peas are also called Gunga peas or Lilva tuver gungo and come in various forms. When they are fresh and green, they can be peeled like fresh peas. You can get fresh, frozen or tinned varieties of pigeon peas in most Asian supermarkets.

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Ingredients (serves 2):

  • 2 cups of boiled pigeon peas
  • ½ a can of crushed tomatoes ( you can used fresh tomatoes or passata too)
  • 2 tbls  cooking oil (I used sunflower oil)
  • 1 tsp dry cumin seeds,
  • 2 small pieces of cinnamon,
  • 3 cloves
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • 1 tsp chilly powder
  • 1 tsp crushed garlic
  • ½ tsp of garam masala
  • 1 tbls lemon juice
  • 1 tbls jaggery or brown sugar (optional)
  • 1 small bunch of coriander and some curry leaves.
  • 1 tbls desiccated coconut
  • 2 fresh green chilies

Method:

1 Heat the 2 tablespoons cooking oil and add the cumin seeds, cloves and cinnamon. The cloves will pop and the cumin needs to cook until it goes dark.

2. Add the garlic, curry leaves and tomatoes to the mixture and stir.

3. Add all the spices, lemon and jaggery to the tomato mixture.

4. Cook all the ingredients until the tomatoes go soft and homogenous.

5. Add the boiled pigeon peas to the mixture and cook for a further 10 minutes on a medium heat.

 

6. Add the garam masala and remove the pigeon peas curry to a serving dish and sprinkle it with some chopped green chilies, desiccated coconut and coriander.

 

7. The Curry should be served hot with rice or any of the Indian breads.

I served the Pigeon Peas (Gunga, gungo Peas – Lilva Tuver) Curry  with  parathas

Other Lilva recipes are as follows:

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Mina Joshi

I am a busy working mum who aims to make quick and healthy authentic vegetarian and vegan dishes for my family. I am also a face to face and online cookery teacher, recipe developer, restaurant and product reviewer. I share all recipes with step by step instructions.

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