Chickpeas Green Peas Curry

It’s a great and healthy dish which goes well with any steamed rice / tamarind rice / lemon rice/ curd rice / chapatti…

Chickpeas are an excellent source of the essential nutrients such as iron, protein and dietary fibre.

Green Peas are starchy but high in fibre, vitamins, minerals and proteins. You can use this curry to prepare bread sandwich.  Here is the recipe to make this curry…

Ingredients

Soaked Chickpeas – 1 cup

Soaked Green Peas – 1 cup

Chopped Onions – 1 cup

Chopped Ginger & Garlic – 2 tsp

Chopped Tomatoes – ½ cup

Chilli Powder – 1 tsp

Coriander Powder – 1 ½ tsp

Turmeric Powder – ½ tsp

Chopped Coriander Leaves - few

Salt to taste

(To Grind)

Grated Coconut – ¼ cup

Fennel Seeds – 1 tsp

Ginger – 1 inch piece

(To Temper)

Cinnamon – 2 sticks

Cardamom – 1

Fennel Seeds – ¼ tsp

Bay Leaf – 1

Curry Leaves – few

Oil – 2 tsp

Method

Wash and soak both chickpeas and green peas through overnight. Then pressure cooks it till it becomes soft or 3 whistles.

In a pan, heat 1 tsp of oil then add chopped ginger garlic and add chopped onions fry until it become mushy.

Now add chopped tomatoes and fry well. Add chill powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder and salt. Then add ½ cup of water, close the lid and keep cook for another 3 minutes.

Then add boiled chickpeas and green peas into it. Keep cook for about 5 min. In meanwhile, take a blender and grind the ingredients which are mentioned below “to grind”.

Add this coconut masala into chickpea curry. Mix well with coriander leaves.

In a pan, heat another tsp of oil. Add cinnamon, cardamom, bay leaf, fennel seeds and curry leaves fry for a min.

Then add this into curry. Mix well. Switch off the flame.

It’s time to serve this curry with hot steamed rice.