Red Cowpeas/Kaaramani Butter Masala

 

Ingredients:

Red cowpeas - 3/4 cup
Onion - 2
Tomato - 2
Ginger - small piece
Garlic - 4
Cashews - 4
Cloves - 2
Cinnamon sticks - small piece
Turmeric powder  - 1/4 tsp
Kashmiri Chilly powder - 3/4 tsp
Red Chilly powder -- 1/ 4 tsp
Coriander powder  - 1 1/2 tsp
Unsalted butter - 2-3 tbsp
Salt, Water - As reqd

Method:

• Soak cowpeas for 8 hours or overnight.
• Now add in salt and pressure cook for 4 whistles.
• Heat butter in pan and cook in low flame
• Add in garam spices, onion and tomato.
• Add in ginger, garlic and cashew and saute.
• Add in spice powders and salt and cook for few mins.
• Let this cool, add a tbsp of boiled cowpeas to this and blend it to fine paste.
• Now heat butter in pan and add in blended puree.
• Add in cooked cowpeas(strain water and add).
• Mix it and if needed add water.
• Let it cook in low flame.
• In other pan add in a tbsp of butter and add in a pinch of chilly powder.
• Add this to gravy.
• Crush and add kasoori methi.
• Add a small cubed butter and serve hot.
• Goes good with chapathi/poori.