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Bina's Black-Eyed Peas With Onion-Coconut Sauce

Bina's Black-Eyed Peas With Onion-Coconut Sauce was pinched from <a href="http://www.npr.org/2013/12/28/257822140/giving-hoppin-john-an-indian-twist-just-for-luck" target="_blank">www.npr.org.</a>
INGREDIENTS
1 cup black-eyed peas, dried
2 small red onions (1 cut in half lengthwise and thinly sliced, 1 coarsely chopped)
4 fresh green Thai, cayenne or serrano chilis, with stems removed but seeds remaining (2 cut in half lengthwise, 2 coarsely chopped)
1/2 cup shredded fresh coconut (or 1/4 cup shredded, dried unsweetened coconut, covered with 1/4 cup boiling water, set aside for about 15 minutes, and then drained)
1 1/2 teaspoons fine kosher or sea salt
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric
2 tablespoons coconut oil or vegetable oil
1 teaspoon black or yellow mustard seeds
12 medium or large fresh curry leaves
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