Black-Eyed Peas Pseudo Fajita

A balanced meal and clean eating packed into one colourfully nutritious plate 🙂

Ingredients: [Serves 2*]

• 1 cup overnight soaked black eyed peas
• 1 green capsicum
• 1 red/yellow capsicum
• 1 onion
• 1 lemon
• 2 tbsp ghee/coconut oil
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• 1/4 tsp red chilli powder (more or less, as per preference)
• Salt and pepper to taste

*If you’re cooking for one person, reduce all the ingredients by half.

Method:

• Cook soaked black-eyed peas in a pressure cooker for 2 whistles
• Chop capsicum and onion into thin slices
• Heat a non-stick pan on medium flame
• Once the pan is hot, add ghee/oil and chopped capsicum and onion
• Add salt, pepper, chilli powder, and cumin powder and stir fry for 5 mins
• Drain the cooked black-eyed peas and stir in with the veggies
• Switch off the flame and mix in lemon juice
• Enjoy this wholesome meal as is or with a side of rice/roti

Nutrition: Black-eyed peas are good sources or fibre, protein, and iron. Pairing them with capsicum, which is rich in vitamin C, increases the iron absorption.

Clean eating is not as tough as it is made out to be :). Give this recipe a shot and you’ll see, By the way, if you’re craving for a sweet but healthy breakfast, you should try our banana peanut butter pancakes.

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