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Spicy chick-peas (Channa dhal)

You can use dried or tinned chickpeas for this. Dried ones have to be soaked overnight (see the page on cooking pulses

Ingredients

400-500 g. cooked chickpeas
2 red peppers
1 onion
3-4 cloves of garlic
2 tomatoes
1/4 tsp. each of powdered ginger, turmeric and cumin
1 large pinch of methi leaves
Salt
Oil for frying

Chop the onion peppers and tomatoes. Heat some oil in a large frying pan and throw in the onions. Fry until they are transparent then add the peppers and tomatoes. Crush the garlic with the side of a knife and add it with the spices and salt. Stir and, when you can smell a nice cooking-garlicky smell, chuck in the chick-peas and cover the lot with boiling water from the kettle. Cover the pan, leaving a space for steam to escape, and cook for about 20 minutes (until about a third of the water remains). Crush the methi leaves between your fingers and sprinkle them on about five minutes before the end of cooking.

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