Black - Eyed Peas / Karaamani Kurma.

Ingredients needed :

• Karaamani - 2 cups
• Onion - 2
• Tomato - 1
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp.
• Jeera powder -1/4 tsp. (opt.)
• Tamarind extract - little
• Sugar - little
• Salt - as reqd.
• Oil - 2 or 3 tsp.
• Coriander leaves

For masla grinding :

Table 1 :

• Grated coconut - 2 tbsp.
• Cashews - 5 to 7
• water

Table 2 :

• Garlic pods - 2
• Onion roughly chopped - 1/2
• Fennel seeds - 1/4 tsp.
• Jeera - 1/4 tsp.
• Dhaniya seeds - 1/4 tsp.
• Cinnamon powder - 1/4 tsp.
• Cloves - 2
• Dry red chilies - 2 or 3
• Sesame seeds - little (i used black )
• Oil - few drops.

Method : 

         
  Soak Karaamani overnight and pressure cook till done , and keep it ready.Chop onions + tomato and set aside. Soak the items in table 1 by adding little water

In a kadai fry the items in table 2 : add oil +  fry onions + garlic and keep it in plate and allow it to cool , meanwhile fry the remaining items and then grind it into fine paste along with onions + garlic + soaked table 1 items..

in the same kadai add oil + onions and fry well , then add tomato and fry well by adding turmeric powder + salt+ jeera powder +tamarind extract +sugar then add the grinded paste and by adding water(as reqd.) and then add cooked karaamani  and check for salt , add if needed , allow it to cook for few mins. Once it gets thicker switch off the gas and garnish with coriander leaves.