Chickpea Curry Indian Recipe

Chickpea Curry Indian Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 tin of chickpeas
• 2 chopped onions
• ½ inch piece of ginger
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 tomatoes
• 2 cardamom pods
• 4 cloves
• 1 bay leaf
• ½tsp ground cumin
• ½tsp ground coriander 1tsp garam masala
• ¼tsp turmeric
• salt and a few grinds of pepper to taste.
• oil.

Method

1. Using a blender make a paste of 1 onion and the ginger and garlic and put to one side
2. Puree the tomatoes and put to one side Heat the oil in a pan and add the remaining onion and saute until soft
3. Add the chickpeas cardamom, cloves, bay leaf and cumin and cook for a few minutes on a low heat
4. Add the onion mixture and cook for a further 2 or 3 more minutes
5. Add the turmeric, garam masala, ground coriander salt and pepper and mix well
6. Add the pureed tomatoes and cook for a further 4 minutes adding water if necessary
7. Remember you are not looking for a very wet dish but a fairly dry one
8. Adjust seasoning and spicing to taste and serve on top of a Pav with some chutney
9. You could make this dish a little more runny and serve with rice
10. Note
11. You could use dried chickpeas but you would need to soak in water for several hours and then cook first before making this recipe

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