Thursday, October 4, 2012

Sauteed Garbanzo Beans (Chickpeas)


Wash and soak about 1 cup of yellow Garbanzo beans and a 1/4 cup of black Garbanzo beans over night. Cook them in a pressure cooker with a dash of salt and turmeric. This is the time to get salt in to it. So manage salt according to your preference. Strain and leave on the counter top to dry off the water.

Cooked, drained, and air dried mix of Garbanzo beans
In the mean time prepare the following for your saute.

Chopped fresh ginger, curry leaves, De-seeded Jalapeno peppers, red ionion
Black mustard seeds, Dried Chili peppers cut
black pepper, turmeric, crushed red chili pepper
Now heat about 1tbsp of Olive oil in a non-stick pan. First add Curry leaves, as you start to get the aroma from the curry leaves, add red onions.

Once onions start changing color, add the mustard seeds and dried red chili peppers. Mix-in.

Wait for the mustard seeds to start splattering. Now add a dash of salt and then add the ginger and Jalapenos to the mix. Stir.
 It's time to stir in the cooked Garbanzos
Then add your dry ingredients such as turmeric, black pepper and crushed red chili peppers. Saute all together. Garnish with un-sweetened coconut flakes.
The final product