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Friday, November 5, 2010

Curried Chickpeas




Curried Chickpeas
I found this recipe while watching the Cooking Channel two days ago. There’s a new show on there called Everyday Exotic, and the host made this wonderful chickpea dish with curry. I never had chickpeas before, so this sounded intriguing.
The combination of garlic, carrots, onions, tomatoes, curry and chickpeas was divine. The vegetables were in a wonderful broth of chicken stock and white wine, and my father had two bowls! The sugar adds a sweetness to the chickpeas, and it is a warm, simple dish to make.
Recipe from Everyday Exotic (yields 4 servings)
INGREDIENTS:

1 teaspoon vegetable oil
1/2 onion, finely diced
1 carrot, finely diced
1 clove garlic, finely diced
2 tablespoons curry powder
Splash white wine
4 plum tomatoes, coarsely chopped
1 (19-ounce) can chickpeas, rinsed and drained

DIRECTIONS:
In a saute pan, warm the oil over medium heat, and sweat the onion until just translucent. Add the carrot and garlic, and stir. After the garlic has browned slightly, sprinkle over the curry powder, and stir. Add the white wine to deglaze the pan. Add the tomatoes and chickpeas to the pan, then stir.
Pour in the chicken stock, and bring the mixture to a simmer. Cover the pan with a lid, and cook for 10 minutes. Season the chickpeas with the sugar, and salt, to taste. Remove the pan from the heat and finish the chickpeas by stirring in the cold butter.
I found this recipe while watching the Cooking Channel. There’s a show on there called Everyday Exotic, and the host made this wonderful chickpea dish with curry. I never had chickpeas before, so this sounded intriguing.
The combination of garlic, carrots, onions, tomatoes, curry and chickpeas was divine. The vegetables were in a wonderful broth of chicken stock and white wine, and my father had two bowls! The sugar adds a sweetness to the chickpeas, and it is a warm, simple dish to make.

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