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Curried Garbanzo Beans















Ingredients

Quantity
Garbanzo beans
8 ounces
Green chilli (optional)
to taste 
Garlic cloves
12
2” piece ginger
1 piece
Pepper
to taste 
Cardamom
1 large
Cloves
6
Cinnamon stick
1”
Salt
to taste 
Paprika
1 tbsp
Oil
4 ounces
Mango powder

Onions
3
Dried pomegranate seeds

Tomatoes
4


Clean, wash and soak the beans overnight. Boil them in the same water with salt, 1 small finely chopped onion, 4 cloves garlic, 4 large cardamom, a 1" piece of ginger and 6 cloves. Simmer in pan about an hour or until tender, or pressure cook for 7 minutes at 15 psi.

Heat oil. Fry thinly sliced remaining onions and cloves of garlic. Cook until mixture browns and dries up. Add finely chopped tomatoes and cook 4-5 minutes more.

Add the beans and cook for 10 minutes more. Add the mango powder and pomegranate seeds, grated ginger and simmer over low heat for 15-20 minutes.

Before serving, pour 1 oz. (2 T) sizzling ghee over the beans.