Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat until hot.
Stir in the cumin seeds and let them sizzle for about 1 minute until fragrant.
Add the chopped onions and cook for 4–5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until they turn golden brown.
Mix in the garlic paste and ginger paste, then sauté for 1–2 minutes until the raw smell disappears.
Sprinkle in the chilli powder, salt, turmeric powder, coriander powder, and cumin powder. Stir well and cook the spices for 3–4 minutes, allowing the oil to separate slightly.
Add the chopped tomatoes and cook for another 4–5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes soften and break down into the masala.
Stir in the boiled black eyed beans and cook for 3–4 minutes so it absorbs the flavour of the masala.
Pour in enough water to loosen the consistency slightly, then cover the pot with a lid and simmer on low heat for 15 minutes.
Crush the dried fenugreek between your palms and stir it in for extra aroma.
Finish by garnishing with fresh chopped coriander before serving.
Let me know if you want a dry version or to make it spicier!
Latest comments (12)
Made this tonight, a bit salty for me, but I’ll definitely make thus a go to quick meal!
First one of your recipes and im impressed, I’ll just reduce the salt next time 😊
P.S. I used canned, ready cooked black eyed beans
Is there a different way to make the daal soft if ive not soaked it at all..??
You can still make it soft! Just rinse well, then boil a bit longer than usual until tender.
How many hours does the daal need to be soaked in water!??
You can soak the black-eyed beans for a few hours, but it’s totally fine to skip if you’re short on time!
Oh so is 9 hours enough time for it to be soaked? Would i need to boil it at any point? Or am i just soaking it in water for 9 hours and then following rest of your video? X
Yes, 9 hours is perfect! Just soak, then boil the lentils until tender before continuing with the recipe.
boiled dal? your ingredients only mentions the black beans. did i miss something? if so please excuse my ignorance, only asking because i have tried a few of your recipes and they have been great. would like to try this but i like all needed info. thanks in advance.
No worries at all! Yes, the boiled dal just means the lentils, my bad for mixing languages there. 😅
Feel free to check out the video 🙂
Your question wasn’t answered. Which makes me think this a computer generated recipe and something or someone replied that is/was confused. There are no lentils (dal) in the photo but is a picture of black-eyed beans also called black-eyed peas and NO lentils. Is even odd that both lentils and the beans mentioned in the first ingredient. I looked up ‘lobia’ which means black-eyed beans so this is a bean recipe. Massive amount of oil is odd but in East Africa they do use a lot of oil in legume recipes so, who knows.
Hey Linda, you’re right, that’s on me. Lobia are black-eyed beans (legumes), not lentils. I used the term lentils loosely and should’ve worded it better. Thanks for pointing it out. I have amended the recipe now 🙂