Legumes In Garlic and Onions

Ingredients	Quantity
Pigeon peas (soaked 20 mins)	2 cups
Water	1 quart
Turmeric	½ tsp
Salt
Oil	¼ cup
Black mustard seeds	1 tbsp
Cumin seeds	1 tsp
Onion – finely chopped	1 medium
Garlic cloves – chopped	6
Dried red chillies	½ tsp

Wash pigeon peas and boil them with the water and turmeric and salt for 20 minutes. Heat oil in medium pot, add mustard and cumin seeds and fry until mustard seeds start to pop. Stir in onion and garlic and fry until browned and soft. Mix in ground chilli and stir for 30 seconds. Remove and pour over peas. Stir thoroughly, cover and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Serve hot with plain rice.