Recipe - Atar Allecha Ethiopian

1/3 cup Onion; chopped
2 Cloves Garlic; finely
chopped
1 tablespoon Corn oil
1 cup Split green peas; soaked;
cooked, drained, mas
One half teaspoon Tumeric; ground
One half teaspoon Salt
3 teaspoon Hot green pepper; finely
1 cup Water

Atar Allecha is a spiced green pea puree.

Soak peas for one hour. Cook for One half hour. Drain. Mash. Set aside.

In dry pan over moderate low heat, stir fry the onion and garlic for 2
mins. Add oil and stir fry one minute more.

Add the mashed peas, tumeric, salt, and chili. Mix well. Add the water and
cook 34 mins longer to reduce the mixture to a thick, green, well spiced
puree.

Serve with warm Injeera.

From Sephardic Cooking by Mark Copeland Posted on Cooking echo by David
Pileggi Submitted By LISA GREENWOOD On 081794
Posted to MCRecipe Digest by Nancy Berry nlberry@prodigy.net on Apr 08,
1998