Tasty tasty chickpeas!!!
A favourite in our house - really quick and easy to make. Our three year old daughter loves it too and she can be a tad picky!
You will need
2 tins of chickpeas
1 largeish onion
2 cloves of garlic
2 Thai red finger chillis
1 tablespoon of paprika
1 heaped teaspoon cumin
1 level teaspoon coriander
1 teaspoon garam masala
Quarter of a teaspoon of turmeric
Pinch of fenugreek (Optional)
Tablespoon of soy sauce - dark
Half a tube of tomato paste about 100 grams
Pinch of salt
Some oil for frying
Some basmati rice or naan bread to enjoy with!
To make
Finely chop your onion, garlic and chilli.
Start frying your onion over a medium heat, don't stir too often, you want it to brown a little
Starting to brown
Once browning a little add your salt, garlic and chilli
Fry for a couple of minutes more and add all the powered ingredients.
Fry for a couple of minutes. Then add the tomato paste.
Stir it all in then add the soy sauce, stir that in and add three quarter of a pint of boiling water, it will bubble!!!
Action shot
Open them chickpeas
Maybe not that way
Stir them in
Now simmer that for ten to fifteen minutes till it thickens up nicely.
Serve with rice!!!