Black eyed bean veggie makes a tasty accompaniment with chapati for lunch or dinner. It is loved by children and thus ideal to pack in the lunch box. 

Today, I am sharing a stir fry with winter vegetable. Fresh black eyed pea are tasty and make a good accompaniment with chapati or jowar roti. This is a simple yet tasty accompaniment that children will surely love. 

Black eyed pea is nutritious and makes a good accompaniment for children in the lunch box. You can use the frozen ones that are easily available.   As the fresh ones cook quickly, this can be done in under 30 minutes. 

This post is part of BM#96 

Ingredients:

• 1 cup black eyed bean/ pea
• water
• 2 onion
• 1 tomato
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 2 green chilly
• 1/2 inch ginger
• coriander
• salt

Method:

Cook the black eyed bean in a pressure cooker for one whistle. Take oil in a pan, add cumin, as it splutters put turmeric powder, asafoetida, green chilly , onion and ginger. Let cook, then add tomato and saute it. Put salt to it. Finally, add the cooked beans to it and boil for three minutes. Garnish with fresh coriander.

Tupperware is widely used everywhere. This lunch box is ideal for school children as it is user friendly

Here is a trendy lunch box from Tupperware for office use. It has four containers, the lids are tight, microwave safe and can be cleaned easily. 

black eyed bean veggie

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black eyed bean stir fry

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