Black Bean Curry

This curry is made with black soy beans. It is called bhatt ki daal.  It comes from the hills of  Uttarakhand. The flavour and the colour is super amazing by itself, that I did not find the need to add to many aromatics to it. I did not even add coriander leaves for garnishing. I made it once by only roasting the beans and cooking it in the gravy but this time I made it differently and I would highly recommend you all to try this flavoursome delicacy. I liked it  best with steaming hot white rice. Here goes my recipe....

Ingredients

1 cup black soy beans, soaked for about 2-3 hours and pressure cooked to 2 whistles
2 onions chopped into thin long pieces
6 garlic cloves
1/2 an inch of ginger julienned 
1 tomato chopped into thin long pieces after blanching and removing the peel
Salt to taste
1/2 tspn of chilli powder

Method

In a pan take mustard oil, splutter some cumin seeds, add turmeric powder, asafoetida, now add the garlic cloves, saute till golden brown, add ginger juliennes, the onions and saute till transparent. Now add the tomatoes and allow to cook well add the salt, chilli powder, the beans and give it a nice boil. Curry is ready to be served. The deep black colour and the flavor that the curry gets  infused with is unique, something that I truly relished.