Monday, August 29, 2011

Dry Curry Chickpeas


Ingredients

300gm chickpeas
2 tbsp curry powder
1 cup curry leaves
5 dried chillies
1 onion - diced
1 tbsp mustard seed
salt to taste
A little oil

1. Wash and soak the chickpeas for 1 to 2 hours
2. Boil the chickpeas with water for 5 minutes then transfer to slow cooker
add 1 to 2 tsp of salt. Cook for 5 to 6 hours or until soft. Then drain off the water.
3. Season the chickpeas with curry powder.
3. Soak the dried chillies in hot water for 20 minutes, remove seed and cut
into smaller pieces.
4. Heat up the saucepan, add oil. Fry the onion, dried chillies until fragrant.
Then add the curry leaves, mustard seed and fry till fragrant. Add in the
chickpeas and stir fry for a few minutes, add salt to taste.
5. Serve hot or chill.

Recipe source from Quay Po Cooks with some changes.
Thanks to Quay Po for sharing this delicious snack.

15 comments:

  1. Looks super yum! I made this last night with my first attempt at Batura :)

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  2. Love the way your chickpeas turned out with the yummy curry flavor! A perfect side dish, or just snack:DDD

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  3. Curry + chickpeas! That's a great combination.

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  4. Priyas, thanks for your compliment. Yes, it's tasty to go with rice too.

    Gloria, thanks for your compliment. It's nice to serve as appetizer.

    Elisabeth, thanks for your compliment. I'll try it out to wrap in tortilla or pita bread, I think it should be tasty.

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  5. ohhh this must be so yummy! i love chickpeas!

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  6. Zoe, thanks. Yes, it taste good.

    Rita, thanks for dropping by. It's very yummy munch as snack.

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  7. Wah, I think this should be great with any bread leh! The colour is so vibrant, beautiful!

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  8. Alice, thanks for your compliment.

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  9. yeah, i remember quay po making this..sounds HOT too! i quite enjoy eating chickpeas.

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  10. Lena, thanks. I like to munch chickpeas too.

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  11. Looks delicious Amelia! Quay Po must be so proud that you made this! :-)

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  12. Wow I love curried chickpeas, yum yum. Thanks so much for your visit to my blog. Love yours and I will be back. Take care Diane

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  13. Hi Diane, thanks for your visit and compliment.

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