Archive for January 9, 2009
Friday Feast: Chana Masala
This is the first Friday Feast post. Basically, on a Friday after a long week at work, I anticipate needing a break. A vegan recipe is a helpful, yet quick and easy post. And reducing your meat, dairy, poultry and seafood consumption helps the planet!
So here’s the first one: Chana Masala.
Yankee Elv found this recipe on Vegweb, but modified ages ago it so it suited us better. She’s made it lots of times now, and it always works well (unless you get a dodgy can of chickpeas, so they don’t soften up properly, but that’s not her fault and besides… it still tastes good, just the texture is a little weird).
This is a totally vegan recipe.
Chana Masala
Ingredients
2 tabs olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1 – 2 cloves fresh garlic, minced
1 tab curry powder (we use Keen’s)
1 tab tomato paste
400g can chickpeas, drained
1/2 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp salt
black pepper to taste
1 tab vegan margarine
1/3 cup coconut milk (approximately – it’s 3 tabs at one point, and 5 tabs later)
Method
1. Heat oil in a frying pan over a medium-high heat.
2. Fry onions until slightly brown.
3. Reduce the heat to medium and add garlic, curry powder and tomato paste. Combine and simmer for about 2 mins.
4. Add chickpeas, 3 tabs of the coconut milk, lemon juice, salt and pepper to the pan. Simmer for 5 -6 mins, stirring occasionally.
5. Add margarine and stir to melt and combine.
6. Add the other 5 tabs of coconut milk and stir to combine. (Add more or less coconut milk than this depending upon how creamy you would like the dish to be).
7. Simmer for about 5 more mins, or until the chickpeas are softened.
8. Serve with basmati rice (and enjoy the yummy goodness, according to Yankee Elv).
FYI: tabs means tablespoons. tsps means teaspoons.
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