It's officially 2015! It's a start of a new chapter in everyone's life. What will the year hold for all of us? What will we be talking about next year as the year closes? As I get older the years just fly by. Our lives are a bit of a blur with the daily routines like working, school, making dinner etc... I hope this year gives us all some time to just relax and look around at the world around us and really take a moment to "live in the moment".
That being said, I imagine that we all want it to be a lucky and prosperous year. We have customs in Sri Lanka where we eat the auspicious coconut milk rice (kiri bath) on the first of the year/month. I have learned to also adopt eating some of the southern/American New Year dishes as well. I love eating black eyed peas on January 1st as well as pork/ham and collard greens.
Every year I try to come up with a new way to enjoy these foods. This year I decided to make a curry with them and it came out really well. My family loved it and it may have to be made a little more often around here. We ate it over plain rice and added some plain cooked lentils as an additional side dish.
I hope they work and I hope it's a prosperous and lucky year head. Wishing you all the best this year!!

Ingredients:
2 (15oz) cans of black eyed peas rinsed

15-20 curry leaves
1 small stick of cinnamon
2 tsp of cumin seeds
2 tsp of black mustard seeds
1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds
1/2 tsp of ground turmeric
2 tsp of curry powder (I used McCormick brand)
2 cloves of garlic grated

1 medium onion chopped
1 bunch chopped fresh collard greens (no stem)
2-3 green chilies
1 tsp vinegar
1 tsp sugar
red chili flakes (to taste)
red chili powder (to taste)
1 can (15oz) diced tomatoes (with chilies preferable)
15oz water
1 can (15oz) coconut milk
salt and black pepper to taste
Serve with rice
Directions (with step by step photos):





Taste for salt and seasoning. Serve hot with rice. I also served it with lentils to make the dish extra lucky since lentils are considered to be a sign of gold coins. Enjoy.

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Curry with collards...I would never have thought to add curry to collards, but I bet that it is wonderful. You are definitely the curry queen!
ReplyDeleteI feel like singing a Black Eyed Peas song now, not going to lie :D
ReplyDeleteBeautiful curry my friend!
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Black Eyed Peas were a given in my family when I was growing up. I've adopted the tradition but leave out the dime in the bottom of the cooking pot. This year I made enough to freeze for later on. Your curry sounds like something I could get used to.
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