Chana And Aloo Chickpea And Potato Curry Recipes

EASY CHICKPEA AND POTATO CURRY (CHANA ALOO)

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat up olive oil over medium heat. Add chopped onion and minced garlic. Saute, stirring often, until the onion is almost translucent.
• Add curry powder, cumin, turmeric, cayenne, paprika, salt and pepper to the pan. Stir well and cook for 1 minute. The spices should be very fragrant.
• Add diced potatoes and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring often.
• Add chickpeas, vegetable stock and tomato sauce to the pan. Stir well.
• Bring the mixture to boil, reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer until the potatoes are cooked, about 7 to 9 minutes.
• Serve curry with rice and flatbread.

EASY CHICKPEA AND POTATO CURRY (CHANA ALOO CURRY)

Steps:

• Heat the coconut oil in a large, deep frying pan that has a lid and sauté the onion for 6-7 minutes over medium heat until slightly caramelized.
• Add the garlic and ginger and continue to cook for another minute, until the smell of raw garlic and ginger is gone.
• Stir in the ground cumin, coriander, cinnamon and cayenne pepper and cook for a further 1-2 minutes.
• Add the chopped tomatoes then fill half of the can with water and add that too. Stir in the chickpeas and baby potatoes and bring to a boil. Lower the heat, cover the pan with a lid and simmer for 20 minutes or until the potatoes are fork-tender.
• Add the spinach and cook for a couple of minutes to allow it to wilt. Stir in the coconut milk and allow it to heat through.
• Serve over your favourite rice or with naan bread.

TRINI CHANA AND ALOO

Steps:

• In a medium Dutch oven or heavy soup pot, add water to cover the chickpeas by 2 inches, and bring to a boil over high heat, skimming the foam, then lower to a simmer. Simmer for 45 to 60 minutes, until chickpeas are tender; drain, keeping the cooking water. (I like to use it later in the recipe; it's also a nice base for soups.)
• Meanwhile, purée the culantro and 1/3 cup water in a blender until smooth. Add a pinch of salt, the garlic and the chile. (Half a deseeded habanero will make the dish gently but noticeably hot. Adjust from there.) Blend until smooth. Stir the herb purée into the hot, drained chickpeas.
• Rinse and dry the pot. Peel the potato, and cut it into 3/4-inch chunks. In the pot, heat the oil over medium heat, add the curry powder and turmeric and stir, until very aromatic and just starting to darken. Carefully add the potatoes and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes. Add the chickpeas and cook, stirring, until you get a little sticking on the bottom of the pot, 3 to 5 minutes. Add a little water to scrape up the stuck parts, then add water to cover by 1/2 inch. (I use the chickpea cooking water, but Dolly Sirju prefers fresh water.) Add 1 1/2 teaspoons of kosher salt.
• Bring the pot to a vigorous simmer, shy of a full boil, and cook until the potatoes are tender and the chickpeas are soft, about 30 minutes. Season with salt to taste. Chop some more culantro. Serve the curry with long grain white rice or roti, and garnish with chopped culantro.

CHANA AND ALOO (CHICKPEA AND POTATO CURRY)

Steps:

• Heat a medium sized pot on medium high with some oil.
• When oil is hot add in onion, bay leaf, chili, cumin & mustard seeds.
• Sauté until the onion starts to go translucent add in garlic.
• Sauté until mixture starts to brown add in sugar and curry powder. Add in more oil as needed.
• Fry until mixture becomes dark brown not burnt it doesn't take to long and add in coconut milk, stir well. (This is a great basic curry).
• Add in your potatoes and chickpeas, at this point you may need to add in some water, you want the liquid to be about one inch below the vegetable level. Stir well.
• Bring mixture to a boil, stir and turn heat down to medium low, cover and cook, stirring the curry every few minutes, until potatoes are done. It is ok if the potatoes fall apart in fact it is yummier that way. Takes 15-20 minutes.
• Add salt to taste.
• Great on it's own, with some naan bread or on some rice.