Curried Chickpeas And Black Beans Low Fat Food

CURRIED CHICKPEAS AND BLACK BEANS

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pan over medium heat and saute onions, garlic and ginger until onions are tender, about 5 to 6 minutes.
• Add the curry powder, turmeric, salt, cider vinegar, sugar and tomatoes.
• Cover and reduce heat. Allow to simmer for 15-20 minutes.
• Add chickpeas, black beans, lemon juice and parsley and simmer covered for an additional 10 minutes.
• Garnish with the chopped green onions and serve over hot cooked rice.

CURRIED CHICKPEAS AND BLACK BEANS-LOW FAT

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large, non-stick skillet over medium heat.
• Add onion and ginger and saute about 3 minutes, or until tender.
• Add curry powder and stir to coat onions evenly.
• Add tomatoes with their juices and cook 1-2 minutes or until mixture seems slightly thickened, stirring well.
• Add black beans, chickpeas and salt to taste.
• Stir to coat beans evenly.
• Cover, reduce heat and simmer for about 5 minutes or until chickpeas are heated through.
• Turn off heat, and stir in fresh cilantro (or parsley), and lemon juice.
• Serve warm.
• This dish goes nicely over some jasmine or basmati rice.

CURRIED CHICKPEAS AND TOFU

Steps:

• Saute the onions and garlic in oil until the onions are translucent, stirring occasionally. Add the spices.
• Add the tofu and cook for a minute or two, stirring constantly.
• Add the chickpeas and about 1/4 Celsius of their liquid and simmer for five minutes.
• Add the tomatoes and cook until thoroughly heated. Add salt to taste.
• Serve topped with cilantro and/or yogurt, if you like, over rice.

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.

ROASTED CURRY CHICKPEAS

Steps:

• Rinse and drain chickpeas; place on paper towels and pat dry. Place in a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan; drizzle with oil and sprinkle with seasonings. Toss to coat. Bake at 450° until crispy and golden brown, 25-30 minutes.

CURRIED CHICKPEAS WITH RAISINS

Steps:

• Heat oil over medium flame.
• Saute onion and bell pepper five minutes.
• Add garlic and ginger and continue to cook until vegetables are soft.
• Add curry, cumin, and cayenne and stir.
• Add coconut milk and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, add chickpeas, and simmer until thickened slightly.
• Season with salt and pepper and garnish with raisins.