Sour Chickpeas

A tasty, hearty and healthy chickpea recipe. It is adapted from Madhur Jaffrey’s Indian Cookery recipe collection.

Ingredients

• 400g canned chickpeas.
• 400g canned tomatoes.
• 275-300g onions. Peeled and very finely chopped.
• 2 fresh green chillis. Finely chopped.
• 4tbsp lemon juice.
• 1tbsp ginger. Peeled and very finely chopped.
• 1tbsp ground corirander seeds.
• 1tbsp ground cumin seeds.
• 2tsp garam masala.
• 1/2tsp cayenne pepper
• 1/2tsp ground tumeric.
• 2.5tsp salt.
• Cooking oil.

Method

1. Set a aside 2tbsp chopped onions, 1/2tsp of salt, green chilli, ginger, and lemon juice in a small bowl or teacup.
2. Heat the cooking oil in a pan and add the remaining onions. Fry over a medium-high flame until the onion bits develop reddish-brown spots.
3. Add the tomatoes, cumin, corriander and tumeric. Mix to combine.
4. Add 2tsp salt, chickpeas. Mix to combine. Cook for 20 minutes on a simmer.
5. Add the garam masala, cayenne pepper. Add the mixture set aside in step one. Mix to combine, then serve.