Today's Cooking
Jun. 4th, 2021 09:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithToday we made "Black-Eyed Beans with Mushrooms" from The Food of India (p. 182). This is a similar recipe. The results were amazing. Yes, it took an hour and a half to make, and we had to tweak it a bit, but it was totally worth the effort. :D Things we particularly loved about this recipe:
* It cooks the black-eyed peas and the vegetables separately. This is great because combining those in a dish is challenging, as legumes can be difficult to cook fully while vegetables are easy to overcook. Separating them makes it easier to get both done to the right level.
* The flavors are downright symphonic. There's a high bright note from the tomatoes, a floral note from the cilantro, a whole arpeggio of spices, mellow black-eyed peas in the middle, and then the bottom note of mushrooms adding a deep, earthy umami flavor. It's a pretty typical curry sauce, but the mushrooms make it taste very different.
* If you add rice or naan, you get a complete protein. It makes a great vegetarian main dish. I put mine over brown rice.
If you are a fan of mushrooms, I highly recommend trying this.
* It cooks the black-eyed peas and the vegetables separately. This is great because combining those in a dish is challenging, as legumes can be difficult to cook fully while vegetables are easy to overcook. Separating them makes it easier to get both done to the right level.
* The flavors are downright symphonic. There's a high bright note from the tomatoes, a floral note from the cilantro, a whole arpeggio of spices, mellow black-eyed peas in the middle, and then the bottom note of mushrooms adding a deep, earthy umami flavor. It's a pretty typical curry sauce, but the mushrooms make it taste very different.
* If you add rice or naan, you get a complete protein. It makes a great vegetarian main dish. I put mine over brown rice.
If you are a fan of mushrooms, I highly recommend trying this.
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