Cooking with chickpeas

[fdk1971]

Until relatively recently, I'd always avoided chickpeas, thinking they were essentially just a less tasty version of a bean... how wrong I was!

I've recently incorporated chickpeas into some of my dishes and I have to say, they're absolutely lovely.
One of my favourite dishes is a simple curry:

- Tin of chopped tomatoes
- 400g fresh chickpeas
- Chopped garlic & chopped onion
- Curry, paprika and a small amount of chilli powder
- If you want to, you can add some pre-cooked meat - pork kabanos sausage works well, as does pre-cooked chicken strips

Prepare a small serving of cous-cous to go alongside it and it's a perfect meal that's easily prepared in 10-15 minutes!


Feel free to try the above recipe and post back what you think, or share your own recipes that involve chickpeas if you've tried them before.

 

[bestwriter]

We always have chickpeas in our pantry and we cook them often. We have a special masala that we use while cooking them. They are soaked overnight and pressure cooked, masala added, and garnished with jaggery and coconut and tempered with mustard seeds and garlic

 

[Ginger]

Chickpeas are my favorite. This is one thing that I like to have every Sunday. They taste yummy and are known as Chole or Channe in here. They taste awesome with Indian flat bread or with Basmati Rice but I prefer these with Deep fried Indian bread known as Bhatura here.