Spicy Chole/ Spicy Chick Peas

This is a dish that i saw on tarla dalal's recipe index and tried it. It looked yummy on the net and tasted the same when made. Its simple to make and goes well with chappatis. And this was one of the jain recipes posted. I made this as it is. Do try this out sometime.

Ingredients:

Chick peas (chana) 2 cups

Bottle Gourd (Lauki) 1 cup

Cumin Seeds (jeera) 2 tsp

Bayleaf (tejpatta) 1

Chilli powder 1 tsp

Ginger

Chopped coriander

Milk 4 tbsp

Tomatoes 2 medium

Oil

Salt to taste

To be dry roasted and powdered

Cumin seeds (jeera) 2 tsp

Coriander seeds (dhania) 4 tsp

Dry red chillies 4

Cloves (laung) 4

Peppercorns 5

Cardamom 3

Cinnamon (dalchini) 2"

Pomegranate seeds (anardana) 3 tsp

Metohd:

1. Pressure cook chick peas with bottle gourd for 6-7 whistles and keep aside.

2. Heat oil in pan and add oil. Add cumin seeds and bayleaf to it.

3. As they crackle, add the ground masala powder, chilli powder, ginger, coriander leaves and salt.

4. Mix well and add boiled chick peas pumpkin along with the water.

5. Simmer and cook for some time.

6. Add milk, mix well, simmer and cook for some more time.

7. Once cooked, add sliced tomatoes, mix well and remove from flame.

Serve hot garnished with coriander leaves. You can even add some lime juice to it depending upon individual taste.

Garbanzo beans patties

I’ve been looking for ways to get more protein in my diet. As a result, I’ve been making a lot of Lentils, Pulses and beans lately, and I’ve been learning so much about them. The recipe for today is an absolute delight 'coz its healthy and non deep fried.I finally got down to making it the other day and thought of sharing it here.

My recipe is slightly spiced and fragrant with the aromas of Asian Masala's. Below goes the recipe

Ingredients

1 Cup of chick pea/Garbanzo Beans ( Boiled & smashed)

Carrot - 4tbs ( grated)

Peas & Corn - 1/2 cup ( boiled)

Soy chunks - 15 nos chopped ( soak it for 15 mins in warm water, then squeeze the water)

Ginger - 1/2 tsp ( grated)

Chilli powder - 1tsp ( acc to spice)

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Coriander powder -1 tsp

Garam Masala powder - 1/2 tsp

Madras Curry powder - 1 tsp

Nuts - 1/3 cup ( any nuts- toasted & chopped )

salt as per taste

Rice flour - 1/2 cup ( diluted in water - to dip )

Bread Crumbs - to roll

Method

Soak the beans in water for 4 - 5 hours . Boil the beans by using a pressure cooker.

Drain the water from the boiled beans and smash it with a ladle.

I used the frozen peas and corn added it in the boiled water for 5 mins. Drain the water and keep it aside

In a bowl , add the smashed beans,grated carrot,peas ,corn and soy chunks. Mix these ingredients by using hands then add ginger, all the powders , salt and the nuts. Give a good mix to this and make a smooth mixture.

Wash your hands and clean.Apply some oil on your palms. Take the above prepared mixture, and shape them into flat patties. Keep them aside on a plate. Continue preparing cutlet.

Take the Rice flour in bowl and dilute it in water. Put the bread crumbs in a plate.

Heat Tawa/Skillet and drizzle a little oil on it

Take the above prepared cutlet, roll in the Rice flour and coat well with the bread crumbs

Place on the Skillet once its hot. Allow the cutlet to get golden brown on the bottom side. Drizzle a little oil on the top side of the cutlet before flipping them over. Allow the other side to get brown as well. Take off the skillet and serve hot with some chutney or ketchup.

I use this as a burger, and add the veggies in between the buns as per choice. 

Tips

Test a small sample first to ensure that it's not spreading on the hot skillet. If it does, add some Rice flour to the mixture.

Mix the salt into the mixture when you are ready to make the cutlets. Salt always tend to make the vegetables 
sweat and then it will be difficult to form the cutlets.


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