Chickpea Stir Fry.

Chickpea stir fry is a simple and delicious dish made with cooked Chickpeas adding Onion, Ginger, Garlic, Green chilly and other spice powders and goes well as a side dish with rice, chapathi etc.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Chickpea Stir Fry.

Ingredients:-

Chickpea.  -1cup
Salt.           - to taste

For Seasoning:-

Cooking oil.      - 2tsp
Mustard seeds. -1tsp
Onion.               -1 medium size
Green chillies.   -2
Ginger.               - a small piece
Garlic.                - 2
Curry leaves.     -1spring

For Masala powder:-

Coriander seeds. -1tsp
Black Pepper.      -10
Cumin seeds.       -1tsp

Instructions:-

Wash and soak Chickpea in water for 8 hours.Pressure cook the soaked Chickpea adding required water for 5 whisles on medium flame and keep aside.

Peel the skin and crush the Ginger piece and Garlic and keep aside.

Heat a pan and dry roast Coriander seeds, Black Pepper and Cumin seeds (Jeera). When little cooled grind the above roasted ingredients to a little coarse powder. Keep aside the ground Masala powder.

Wash and slit Green chillies lengthwise and keep aside.

Peel and finely chop Onion and keep aside.

Method:-

Heat 1 tsp Cooking oil in a pan and splutter Mustard seeds and saute well.

Add crushed Ginger piece and Garlic and saute well till the raw smell of the Garlic goes off.

Add slit Green chillies and Curry leaves and saute well and fry in oil.

Add finely chopped Onion and saute well until the Onion pieces become translucent.

Add the cooked Chickpea and required Salt into the pan and mix well. Cover the pan with a lid and cook for 2 minutes on low flame.Stir in between.

Add the coarsely ground Masala powder and mix well till all the water from Chickpea evaporates. Saute well and switch off the flame.

A tasty and delicious Chickpea Stir Fry is ready to serve as a side dish with rice, chapathi etc.