Karamani or Thattai payar (Tamil), Barbati (Bengali), Lobia (Hindi), Alasande (Kannada), Payar (Malayalam), Chavli (Marathi), Chani (Oriya), Bobbarlu (Telugu). This tasty and healthy payar takes more time to cook. So you can soak the cowpeas overnight or just before 4 hours to cook (hot water preferably if you soak only for 4 hrs). As usual, I like the way my Amma cooks. Let’s see the ingredients list and the method to cook.