Black eye Peas Salad

For day 3 of the theme guilt free indulgence,sharing a simple and healthy salad with black eye peas.Though salads are not regular in my house,I rarely make some kind of salad/chaat with the legumes for evening snack.
While cleaning the pantry,found out a packet of black eye peas,so wanted to try a salad how I normally make with black chickpeas.For my surprise it came out so good,the addition of peanuts and almonds make it crunchy.Try this yummy and filling salad.............................

                                                              Black eye Peas Salad

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    Basic Information

    Preparation time ~ 10 minutes
    Soaking time ~ 30 minutes

    Cooking time ~ 12 minutes

    Serves ~  2

    

   Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Black eye peas/vellai karamani	1/2 cup
Onion (finely chopped)	1/4 cup
Carrot (finely chopped)	2-3 tbs
Green chilly/pachamilagai	2 (finely chopped)
Tomato(deseeded)	2 tbs
Peanuts/verkadalai (roasted)	2 tbs
Almonds/badam(roughly chopped)	2 tbs
Coconut bits	1 tbs
Coriander leaves/kothamalli	1 tbs(chopped)
Salt	1/2 tsp
Lemon juice	2 tsp or as needed

  Method

• Soak the black eye peas in the water for 30 minutes and pressure cook it for 2 whistles with water and pinch of salt in a medium flame.After the pressure subsides,drain the excess water and keep it aside.

• In a wide bowl take the cooked black eye peas and to this add all the other ingredients and toss it well.

• Serve it immediately.

• Veggies such as cucumber,bell pepper,raw mango,steamed corn kernels can also be used.
• The amount of green chilly and lemon juice can be adjusted according to personal preference .

Enjoy...............................................................

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