Saturday 22 May 2010

Indian Chick Peas curry

My mum is visiting me at the moment and yesterday we made delicious punjabi style chick pea curry and I thought I will share it with you guys.

2 cans of chick pead
4 medium sized potatoes boiled and chopped into thcik chunks
3 onions - chopped
2 full green chillies
3 shopped tomatoes
1/2 inch of finley chopped ginger
bay leaf
cumin seeds
2 tsp of chole masala
1/2 tsp of tumeric
salt to taste
2 tsp of tamrind paste
3 tsp of garlic paste
3 tsp of mango powder
1/2 tsp of sugar
2 tsp of tomato ketchup

Saute onions, ginger , garlic, chilles and all the spices for 20-25 mins until the ingredients are cooked add the tomatoes and cook it for further 10 mins until the mixture leaves oil at the sides. This mixture is called masala - and should be cooked properly till it is nice and red in colour.

Add the chick peas, potatoes and 3 cups of water and let it simmer for another 25 mins- sqeeze lemon juice, garnish it with lots of corriander and serve with flat breads or nan bread!!

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