The Other Day, when i was blog-hopping, Came across this Wonderful Recipe Silken Chickpea Gravy from Holy Cow Vegan Recipes. First thing that got me to try that recipe was that Vaishali has told that it was from a Book named “Appetite for Reduction”!!!! 🙂 For Somebody who is trying to loose some weight for a very long time, that sounded like Sweet Music!!!! 🙂 I have tried the recipe my own way, Please follow the link for the Original Recipe
Ingredients
1-½ cups Chickpeas, Soaked overnight
2 Small Tomatoes, Chopped
2 Cloves of Garlic
1 green chilli Slitted
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder
1 teaspoon Coriander Powder
a Small piece of Ginger
Salt to taste
Method
Take the Chickpeas in a Microwave Safe Bowl,add Water just to immerse the chickpeas and Microwave High for 10 minutes. Drain the excess water and take it a mixer and Grind it to a fine paste along with green chilli.
In a Pan, add oil, add cumin seeds, let them roast, then add garlic and chopped tomatoes. Add a ½ cup of Water. Add the Red Chilli powder, Coriander powder and Salt. Once the Tomatoes are well Cooked and mashed out completely, add the grounded chickpeas and another 1 cup of water. Mix Well and Cook in a simmer flame for 5-10 minutes. Put off the flame and Garnish with fresh coriander. Serve Hot with Roti/Rice. We enjoyed with Roti’s!!!!
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Umm Mymoonah
Never tried chickpeas this way, looks really delicious, worth trying it.
KrithisKitchen
Delicious chick-peas recipe… bookmarked
Unknown
nice gravy and will suit for rotis
Gayathri Kumar
Creamy and yummy gravy!
Gayu
This dish sounds so delicious and simple..Love this!
Gayu
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Priya Suresh
Thick gravy looks yummy, would love with some rotis..
Reva
wonderful dish…any dish that helps to lose weight in welcomed with open arms…thanks.
Reva
Krishnaveni
delicious chickpea recipe, yumm
Padhu Sankar
Looks delicious!
Padhuskitchen
Sanjeeta kk
Love the creamy texture of Kabuli channa! Looks delicious.
Simona
It is indeed an interesting recipe. I have never prepared chickpeas this way and the result looks quite appealing. Thanks for contributing to MLLA!