Chickpea Curry

red.queen
red.queen @cook_3761626

This is a very fragrant dish and if you don't have whole spices such as cinnamon sticks, you can use ground (so you don't have to worry whether they'll get in your bowl). However, I find that whole cardamom pods and fresh ginger are a must

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Ingredients

45 mins
4 servings
  1. 2cinnamon sticks
  2. 4pepper corns
  3. 2cardamom pods, lightly crushed in a mortar
  4. 3shallots, peeled and roughly chopped
  5. 1thumb sized piece of ginger root, peeled and finely chopped
  6. 4garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
  7. 1 tspturmeric powder
  8. 1chili flakes
  9. 1 tspgaram masala
  10. 500 gramscanned chopped tomatoes
  11. 500 mlwater
  12. 2 canchickpeas, drained (2×400g)

Cooking Instructions

45 mins
  1. 1

    Heat some oil in a pan. When the oil gets hot, stir in cinnamon, cardamom and pepper corns

  2. 2

    As soon as the spices start sizzling, add in the shallots. Fry for 1min on high heat

  3. 3

    Then add ginger, garlic and the rest of the spices (turmeric, chili and garam masala). Shallots should be nicely browned

  4. 4

    When garlic gets fragrant (30sec), add tomatoes and water. Bring to a boil, then add chickpeas

  5. 5

    Cover and cook on low for 15-20min, season with salt and serve over rice or quinoa. Enjoy and be careful not to eat the pepper corns, cinnamon sticks and cardamom pods!

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