Indianized Black-Eyed Peas Chili!

okay, I am calling this dish as "Chili" just for lack of a better term - or may be call it Hummus ? though it does not have any Tahini and Olive Oil! some other closer indian names could be "Chutney" or "Thuvayal" or "Thogayal" :-) in my my mother tongue (Tamil)...

anyways, whats in a name - don't we all know that "A Dish by any other name would taste as Good" :-) I loved its taste and I just ate it without even bread or something - it kind of tasted similar to "Ven Pongal" and I have to admit that I found it's taste so irresistible that I ate like 2 cups of black-eyed peas just standing in the kitchen :-) and still had the satisfaction of eating a perfect meal (low fat, high protein, high fiber :-))

oh, here's the 1-line "recipe" :-) just fry 1 or 2 green chillies, 1 tbsp cumin, 1 tsp turmeric and grind the fried mixture along with 2 cups of boiled black-eyed peas and 2 tbsp (or less) of coconut and Voila!

here are some nutritional tidbit that make me love this dish and eat it more often :-)

• Black-eyed peas is one of the top low carb beans - only 116 cals per cup compared to 164 cals per cup of garbanzo beans (here is the beans nutrition comparison table)
• Has good soluble and insoluble fiber that will give all the goodness of fiber including satiety, good glycemic index, avoid constipation, reduce blood cholesterol in the long run etc., :-)

Enjoy!