Yellow Peas Instant Pot Curry Chili Pattani Kozhumbu Cookilicious

Yellow/White Peas Kozhumbu is a South Indian style vegan curry chili made in the Instant Pot. This kurma recipe goes well with everything and can be made in 30 minutes! Extremely flavorful meal!

Cooking with dried peas

Dried yellow or white peas (field peas) are a must-have pantry essential. We call it Pattani in Tamil and Vatana in Hindi and it is always available in our homes. We Indians love Chaat (popular Indian street food) and many chaat recipes call for these dried peas. There is also a famous Goan dish called Best Chanya Ros | Goan Vegetarian Vatana curry that’s made using them. They are very versatile and can be used to make a variety of recipes.

Chili and winters!

This combination is like two peas in a pod! Come fall and winter, and everyone is searching for soups and chili recipes! I often make Black Eyed Peas Chili this time of the year. But even South Indian-style Kozhumbu or Kurma recipes are a hit at home. Be it Chettinad Style Kondai Kadalai Kozhumbu or this Indian vegan curry. They remind you of homemade Chili minus the meat! This particular hearty and comforting Instant Pot Vegan Chili recipe is very easy to make. comforting chili

Why make this

Like I mentioned before, this is a very easy recipe. But what I like about this particular soul-satisfying white peas kozhumbu is that:

It’s great on a cold, chilly night It’s an aromatic vegan and gluten-free chili It can be made in an Instant Pot or Stovetop It has a 30 minutes cook time It uses basic pantry staples It’s a healthy and low-fat recipe It comes to your rescue when you have no vegetables to cook

Ingredients needed

That’s all you need! As you can see, we need very basic everyday ingredients to make white peas kozhumbu. This recipe calls for dry white/yellow peas. They are a very good source of cholesterol-lowering fiber. They are also rich in minerals and have no fat! You don’t really need to add any veggies in this curry other than onion and tomatoes. Whole and ground spices are key to this recipe. They provide an aromatic flavor to this curry chili.

Here’s how to make it

Masala paste First, we need to do a bit of prep work for this dried white peas curry chili! You need to soak these yellow peas in water, overnight. Since we are cooking it in the Instant Pot, no need to cook the peas in advance. However, if you are making this dish on a stovetop, then boil these dry peas in turmeric + salted water in a pressure cooker till they turn soft. Then we need to prepare 2 kinds of masala paste.

For the white paste, grind coconut, fennel seeds, and Daliya/Split Roasted Chickpeas (pottu kadalai) along with little water. And for the red paste, grind tomatoes, ginger, garlic, cloves, cinnamon, and cardamon along with little water. Keep both these pastes aside for now. Easy to follow steps Here are two ways you can make this aromatic South Indian style Kurma recipe!

Instant Pot Version

Stovetop Version

Serving Suggestions

Fit for any season Serve this Pattani Kuzhambu as a side for rice/Jeera Rice or any Indian bread like naan, roti, or chapati. You can also enjoy it as a thick savory porridge soup along with some toasted bread. Traditionally, this vegan Indian curry is served as a side for Dosa. This kurma recipe is a sure shot winner! Do try it in your kitchen.

Top tips, recommendations, and suggestions

You can also add some other veggies like potatoes, carrots, or squash in this vegan Indian curry. Also add some greens like spinach, kale, beet leaves, etc for fiber. Yellow Peas are quick to lose their shape when being cooked because they have less chlorophyll in them. So be mindful of that and don’t overcook it. Add little tamarind water while cooking the peas to get a tangy flavor. Puree a portion of the cooked beans and add them back to the pot to give it a thick, creamy feel. If you don’t have yellow peas or vatana, feel free to use any beans variety like chickpeas, kidney beans, black-eyed peas, green peas, etc in this kurma recipe. This Instant pot vegan chili can very well be made in advance. It stays in the fridge for 4-5 days. You can also freeze it. Another way is to pre-cook the dried peas in advance and freeze it. That way, you can make this curry chili whenever you want and in a jiffy!

Some curries to try

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