Chickpea curry

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Iv never used chickpeas but bought a tin a while back intending to make the above, what do you with yours for a fab curry?

(I had an amazing chickpea curry on a Virgin flight recently ...am tempted to try to get hold of their caterers).

I know someone who works for virgin has an air steward but im guessing he just serves the food. Shame!

Hi when I make this I usually use about 3 tins of chickpeas but if I?m using less I just take out half of the sauce and freeze it for another day

Ingredients

Couple of tbs oil (I use sunflower or vegetable)
1 large onion (finely chopped)
3 cloves of garlic (finely grated)
thumb size piece of ginger (finely grated)
3 whole green chillies (I just usually slice in half lengthways)
½ can of chopped tomatoes
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp salt
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
I pinch of bicarb
a bit of fresh coriander

finely chop the onions a fry in some oil, when softened a bit (about 5-10mins) add the grated ginger, garlic and green chilli and cook for another 2 mins. Add the tomatoes and the cayenne, salt, turmeric, ground cumin, ground coriander and cook for about 5/7 mins, (take out half the sauce for freezing if only using one can of chickpeas) add chickpeas and a small glass of water cover and cook on med for about 10 mins then add a pinch of bicarb and cook for another 5 mins (if it is to thick add a bit more water till you get a consistency you lik) then add a pinch of chopped fresh coriander cook for another min a serve. This reheats really well and keeps in the fridge for a couple of days aswell

HTH.

Thnks justjules,gona have a proper read of that website in a bit!

RandZs can you use ginger from a jar?
Im a bit lazy with stuff like that!

i do a nice baby aubergine, potato and chickpea curry, just adapt the one above and add other stuff.

yes you can. at the moment im using garlic and ginger from a jar! im a bit lazy with stuff like that to!!!

I add mango chutney and creme fraiche to mine.

i really disagree, lazy garlic and ginger are cack.

they're not that bad! the one ive got is fine doesn?t make that much difference tbh, saying that though if im having people over for dinner i always use fresh, don?t know why though probably just habit but for dad to day when time is short I don?t see the problem!

thet're all vinegary and yuck, and it doesn't take any time at all to grate a bit of ginger and garlic... i don't see the point of using someething expensive and substandard when fresh is easy...

very true. but i am lazy i only get it once in a while cos dh usually does the pakistani shopping i do the online asda so i only get the jar stuff on the very rare occasion that i go (dh thinks its a waste of money!) but seriously the lazeeza one is actually ok, its not got to much of the other stuff in it!

1. go to the shop

1. buy whatever jar of Patak's you like - mine's Madras

1. read direction on back of jar.

1. where the directions indicate to add 225g of diced beef, throw in a can of drained and rinsed chickpeas instead.

1. serve over rice.

1. voila, easy peasy chickpea curry!

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this will solve all your minced, crushed garlic and ginger woes.

You rebel Expact!