Sauteed Chickpeas

• 12 July 2022
• legumes

Ingredients #

• 1 cup chickpeas (original recipe uses small black chickpeas)
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 black cardamom
• 1 teaspoon red chili
• Pinch asofetida
• ½ red onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• ½ inch ginger
• ½ tsp kashmiri mirch
• ½ Tsp deggi mirch
• ¼ Tsp turmeric
• ½ Tsp garam masala
• ½ Tsp dry mango powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tomato
• 2 green chiliies
• chopped cilantro

Directions #

1. Soak 1 cup chana overnight
2. Drain and pressure cook with 3 cups water and a little salt so they are a little hard (15 minutes in instapot)
3. Strain chana and set aside
4. Cover the bottom of a fry pan with olive oil
5. Add bay leaves, jeera, black cardamom, red chili and hing, and cook until fragrant
6. Add onion, 2 cloves garlic, ½ inch ginger and cook until onion is translucent
7. Drain chana and add to pan
8. Stir and sauté until they lose the water
9. Add ½ kashmiri mirch, deggi mirch, turmeric, garam masala, salt, and aamchur powder
10. Add one tomato chopped
11. Mix and add ½ cup chana water
12. Cut 2 chilies in half and mix in
13. Add chopped coriander

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