Indian Spiced Chickpeas And Red Peppers Food

INDIAN SPICED CHICKPEA WRAPS

Steps:

• For pineapple raita, mix first 4 ingredients., For wraps, in a large nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat; saute onion until tender. Add ginger, garlic and seasonings; cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in chickpeas and tomatoes; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until slightly thickened, 5-8 minutes, stirring occasionally., To serve, place spinach and chickpea mixture on tortillas. Top with raita and roll up.

INDIAN-SPICED ROASTED CHICKPEAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• Stir together the chickpeas, lemon juice, olive oil, brown sugar, cumin, coriander, cinnamon, garam masala, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and salt in a mixing bowl. Spread the chickpea mixture in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet.
• Roast in the preheated oven until the chickpeas are dark brown in spots, crisp, and have shrunk quite a bit, 25 to 30 minutes, stirring halfway through the cooking time. Cool to room temperature before serving.

CHANA MASALA (SAVORY INDIAN CHICK PEAS)

Steps:

• Grind onion, tomato, ginger, garlic, and chile pepper together in a food processor into a paste.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Fry bay leaves in hot oil until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Pour the paste into the skillet and cook until the oil begins to separate from the mixture and is golden brown in color, 2 to 3 minutes. Season the mixture with chili powder, coriander, powder, gram masala, turmeric, and salt; cook and stir until very hot, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Stir enough water into the mixture to get a thick gravy; bring to a boil and stir chickpeas into the gravy. Reduce heat to medium and cook until the chickpeas are heated through, 5 to 7 minutes. Garnish with cilantro.

INDIAN CHICKPEAS WITH POACHED EGGS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a non-stick sauté pan, add the garlic, pepper, chilli and the whites from the spring onions, and fry for 5 mins over a medium-high heat. Meanwhile, put a large pan of water on to boil.
• Add the spices, tomatoes, most of the coriander and the chickpeas to the sauté pan and cook for 1-2 mins more. Stir in the bouillon powder and enough liquid from the chickpeas to moisten everything, and leave to simmer gently.
• Once the water is at a rolling boil, crack in your eggs and poach for 2 mins, then remove with a slotted spoon. Stir the spring onion tops into the chickpeas, then very lightly crush a few of the chickpeas with a fork or potato masher. Spoon the chickpea mixture onto plates, scatter with the reserved coriander and top with the eggs. Serve with an extra sprinkle of cumin, if you like.

INDIAN-SPICED CHICKPEAS AND RED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Drain chickpeas, reserving 1 cup of liquid.
• In a blender of food processor, puree 1 cup of chickpeas with reserved liquid until smooth.
• Heat olive oil in large skillet.
• Add onion and garlic and cook over moderately-high heat, stirring frequently, until onion is translucent and garlic is golden, 2-3 minutes.
• Stir in turmeric.
• Add chickpea puree, bell peppers and jalapenos and season with 1 tsp salt.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, for 5 minutes.
• Add remaining chickpeas, cover and simmer until the peppers are just tender, about 5 minutes longer.
• If stew is too thick, thin with a little water.

INDIAN SPICED CHICKPEAS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. In a small bowl, mix together all the spices.
• Pour chickpeas into another bowl and drizzle with enough olive oil to lightly coat the beans. Stir. Pour in the spices and mix thoroughly.
• Pour the chickpeas onto a baking sheet and spread them around so they're in an even layer. Bake for 20 minutes, give the pan a shake, and bake for another 20-25 minutes, until they are crispy on the outside and still soft on the inside. Let the chickpeas cool before you pop them into your mouth (they're super hot).

BOMBAY SPICED CHICKPEAS & TOMATOES

Steps:

• Heat the butter in a frying pan and fry the onion over a gentle heat for 10 minutes, until softened.
• Add the Medium Curry Powder and fry for 1 minute.
• Add the remaining ingredients and bring to the boil.
• Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes, until the sauce has thickened. Season to taste.