Curried Chickpeas With Fresh Ginger And Cilantro Recipes

CHICKPEA CURRY

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, combine rice and 1 3/4 cup water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, 30 minutes. Remove from heat and keep covered until ready to eat.
• Meanwhile, make curry: In a large skillet over medium-high heat, heat oil. Add onion and peppers and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, 7 to 8 minutes. Add garlic and ginger and cook until fragrant, 1 minute. Add curry powder, cumin, cinnamon, coriander, and turmeric and cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Stir in chickpeas and tomatoes and bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, uncovered, until thickened, 10 minutes. Stir in cilantro and season with salt and pepper.
• Fluff rice with a fork and season with salt. Serve with curry and garnish with cilantro.

EASY CHICKPEA CURRY (CHANNA MASALA) RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large stock pot or dutch oven over medium-high heat.
• Add onion and cook until onion becomes translucent and begins to brown, about 3-5 minutes.
• Add garlic, ginger, and jalapeño. Continue to cook over medium heat until garlic is fragrant and jalapeño is tender, about 3-4 minutes.
• Add garam masala, turmeric, salt, and pepper then continue to cook for 1-2 minutes.
• Add tomatoes, chickpeas, and water. Stir to incorporate, making sure to use the spoon the scrape off any brown bits that have appeared on the bottom or sides of the pot.
• As the tomatoes break down, the mixture should take on the texture of a thick stew. Add more water if needed before bringing everything to a simmer and then cover with a lid.
• Once covered, cook for 15 minutes while stirring occasionally.
• Remove lid, reduce heat to low and mix in the lemon juice and chopped cilantro. Cook over low heat 1-2 minutes until the cilantro has wilted and turned bright green.
• Serve over basmati rice or with a side of naan.
• Enjoy!

CURRIED CHICKPEAS

Steps:

• Cook onion in butter in a large saucepan until it begins to soften, about 3-4 minutes. Add garlic, ginger and curry powder. Cook just until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Stir in bell pepper and jalapeño. Continue to cook over medium heat until tender-crisp.
• Add remaining ingredients and simmer uncovered about 15 minutes or until thickened.
• Serve over rice with cilantro.

CURRIED CHICKPEAS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, stir together the ginger and garlic, mashing with the back of a spoon to thoroughly combine.
• In a heavy-based saucepan over medium-high heat, warm 1 1/2 tablespoons oil and cook the onions, stirring constantly, until they start to turn golden brown, 2 to 5 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium and cook until softened, 6 to 8 minutes more.
• Add the ginger-garlic paste and cook for a few seconds, then add the tomato paste and continue to cook until well blended, about 1 minute more.
• Remove from the heat, carefully move the mixture to a blender or food processor, add enough cold water to just cover the mixture (probably about 1/2 cup), and then blend until smooth.
• In the same saucepan over high heat, warm 1 1/2 tablespoons oil and add the turmeric, chili powder, coriander, and cayenne, if using. Cook, stirring, until the spices change color, 10 to 15 seconds. Carefully add 3 to 4 tablespoons of cold water to the pan and continue to cook until the water has evaporated, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Add the chickpeas and mix well, then cook until the chickpeas are heated through, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Stir in the sauce from the blender and season with salt. Rinse out the blender with 2 to 3 tablespoons of cold water and add this to the pan as well. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat, cover, and simmer until heated through, 5 to 6 minutes.
• Garnish with cilantro and serve with rice.

CHICKPEA CURRY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium heat, and fry onions until tender.
• Stir in garlic, ginger, cloves, cinnamon, cumin, coriander, salt, cayenne, and turmeric. Cook for 1 minute over medium heat, stirring constantly. Mix in garbanzo beans and their liquid. Continue to cook and stir until all ingredients are well blended and heated through. Remove from heat. Stir in cilantro just before serving, reserving 1 tablespoon for garnish.

CHOLAY (CURRIED CHICKPEAS)

Steps:

• Place the 2 cups water, tea bag, and bay leaf into a pot, and bring water to a boil. Reserving about 1/2 cup garbanzo beans, stir the beans into the boiling water. When beans are heated through, discard the tea bag and bay leaf. Remove from heat. Drain the beans, reserving water, and set aside.
• Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a skillet over medium heat, and saute the sliced onion until tender. Remove from heat, cool, and mix in the reserved garbanzo beans, 1 tomato, and 1/2 the cilantro leaves. Set aside.
• Heat the remaining oil in a skillet over medium heat. Blend in the coriander, cumin seeds, ginger, and garlic. Cook and stir for 15 to 20 seconds, until lightly browned. Mix in the turmeric. Stir the chopped onion into the skillet, and cook until tender. Mix in the remaining tomatoes. Season with salt, cayenne pepper, and garam masala. Bring the tomato liquid to a boil, and cook about 5 minutes. Stir in the boiled garbanzo beans, sliced onion mixture, and enough of the reserved water to attain a thick, gravy-like consistency. Continue to cook and stir 5 minutes. Garnish with the remaining cilantro leaves to serve.

CHICKPEA CURRY WITH COCONUT MILK

Steps:

• Heat the oil or ghee in a pot over medium heat and add the onions, sauteing until translucent but not browning.
• Add the Garam Masala, turmeric, ground ginger, cinnamon, and cayenne, and stir briefly toast the spices so they become fragrant.
• Add the coconut milk, tomato paste, and salt. Stir until the tomato paste is completely blended into the coconut milk, then add the chickpeas.
• Cook over medium to med-low heat, stirring frequently until the sauce thickens to your liking - 10 or 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, prepare your sides (see serving suggestions).
• Serve the chickpea curry with a squeeze of lime, a dollop of yogurt (optional), and garnish with plenty of cilantro.

CURRIED CHICKPEAS WITH CILANTRO

Steps:

• If you are using dry chickpeas, soak and cook them, according to the package directions. (This requires overnight soaking, followed by boiling for about 1 hour.) If you are using canned chickpeas, drain and rinse them.
• In a 2 quart saucepan, saute onion, garlic, pepper, cardamom, cumin, corriander, curry powder, tumeric, and mustard seeds in oil. (If the spices start to stick and burn on the bottom of the pan, add a little water.).
• When the onions are soft, add the cilantro. Adding water as necessary, stir constantly to cook the cilantro, about 1-2 minutes.
• Add chickpeas. Stir and cook until heated through, about 1-2 minutes.
• Serve over brown rice.

CHICKPEA COCONUT CURRY

Steps:

• Measure spices into a bowl including coriander, cumin, turmeric, fennel, cinnamon, mustard, cloves, cardamom, paprika, pepper to taste,* and cayenne pepper to taste.*
• Heat olive oil in a 12-inch saute pan or a pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and saute until lightly golden brown, about 5 to 6 minutes.
• Add garlic and ginger and saute 1 minute. Reduce heat to medium, add spices and saute 30 seconds.
• Pour and stir in tomatoes and coconut milk. Bring just to a simmer then reduce heat to low, cover and let simmer 10 minutes.
• Carefully pour mixture into a blender. Cover blender with lid and remove center insert from lid and cover with a kitchen towel or several folded layer of paper towels. Blend on low speed until smooth.
• Return mixture to pan, add chick peas, season with salt to taste. Cover while leaving lid partially open for steam to escape.** Cook over low heat stirring occasionally, until sauce has reduced slightly and chick peas have absorbed some flavor, about 10 minutes.
• Stir in lime. Serve warm over rice if desired, garnish with cilantro.

CURRIED CHICKPEAS WITH MINT AND CILANTRO CHUTNEY

Steps:

• Add all the chutney ingredients to a food processor. Blend until all the ingredients are well mixed. Transfer the chutney to a small bowl and cover. Let it rest while you cook the chickpeas.
• Heat the olive oil in a heavy-bottomed pot or a large sauté pan over medium heat. Add the diced onion and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt, the minced garlic, ginger and serrano pepper and cook for 1 minute. Stir in the carrots and cook for another 3 minutes.
• Add the remaining teaspoon of salt, coriander, cumin and turmeric to the pot and stir to coat the vegetables with the spices. Add the diced tomatoes and chickpeas and stir. Add 1 cup of the reserved water from the can of chickpeas to the pot. If you forgot to save the water from the can, don't worry. Water straight from the tap works, too. Turn the heat up to medium-high.
• Bring the liquids to a boil. Partially cover the chickpeas with a lid, reduce the heat to medium-low and let the chickpeas simmer for 15 minutes. Drizzle the coconut milk and Nature's Intent Apple Cider Vinegar, if using, and stir. Let the chickpeas cool off before tasting. Add more salt if necessary.
• Serve the chickpeas with cooked basmati rice and the mint and cilantro chutney. Leftover chutney will keep in the refrigerator for 4 to 5 days.

CURRIED CHICKPEA SALAD

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, bring 1 cup of water to a boil and prepare couscous following instructions on package. Transfer cooked couscous to a plate to cool.
• In a bowl, combine couscous, chickpeas, cranberries, onions and cilantro.
• In a small bowl, prepare the dressing: whisk together curry powder, vinegar, canola oil and ginger until combined.
• Drizzle the dressing over the couscous and stir to combine. Add some lemon juice, if desired. Enjoy!