Chickpeas Curry

Ingredients:

1. 250 gms chick peas
2. 3 onions
3. 10 garlic cloves
4. 2 big pieces ginger
5. 2 tomatoes
6. 2 sprigs curry leaves
7. 2 pieces cinnamon
8. 8 cloves
9. 15 to 20 pepper corns
10. 4 small cardamoms
11. 1 tsp. garam masala
12. 1tsp. red chilli powder
13. 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
14. 1 tblsp. coriander powder
15. 3 tblsp. oil
16. salt to taste

Method:

• Soak the chickpeas overnight.
• Cook the chickpeas after adding salt and keep aside.
• Grind the tomatoes to a smooth paste.
• Grind all the items from 7 to 14 to a smooth paste.
• Cut the onions, ginger and garlic into small pieces.
• Saute the onions, ginger, curry leaves and garlic. Now add the ground masala paste and saute until the oil starts surfacing out of the masala.
• Add the tomato paste and let it cook for 5 minutes.
• Add the cooked chickpeas and mix and cook for 3 minutes more.
• Serve it with rotis or rice.