Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Channa Pindi (Chickpea Curry)

INGREDIENTS

250 gm chickpeas
5 tea bags
75 ml oil
3 gm cardamom
100 gm onions
50 gm ginger garlic paste
100 gm tomatoes
20 gm crushed cumin powder
20 gm coriander powder
15 gm chilli powder
50 gm channa masala
05 gm garam masala
10 gm coriander leaves
10 ml lemon juice
10 gm chaat masala
salt

METHOD

Soak the chickpeas overnight and boil them with the tea bags.
Chop the onions and the coriander leaves. Puree the tomatoes.
Heat oil, add cardamoms, mix in the onions and sauté until golden.

Add ginger and garlic. Sauté for about 2 minutes.
Mix in the tomatoes and continuing sautéing. A
dd all the powders and the salt.
Cook the mixture for another 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
Add the chickpeas and boil, mashing a few grains with the spoon.
Mix in the rest of the ingredients and simmer for 10 minutes.
Serve garnished with coriander leaves.

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