Boiled Chickpeas

(Luchir dal)

 Chick peas are very common recipes of south Asia. Boiled chick peas are very popular recipe as well. We know that peas contain plenty of proteins. It is also a very delicious recipe. The vegetarians are very much fond of this recipe as well. Chick peas are available in south Asia. The cooking process of this recipe is as follows;

Ingredients:

1 cup Bengal gram/chickpeas,

1 teaspoon shredded ginger,

2 cloves garlic, crushed,

½ tablespoon sugar,

2 tablespoons chopped onion,

2 tablespoons cooking oil,

2 green chillies,

Salt to taste.

Directions:

·         Rinse the chickpeas. Add 3 – 4 cups of water. Bring to boil, add salt, ginger and garlic. Boil until chickpeas are soft and broken. Add the sugar and green chillies.

·         In a saucepan heat the oil and fry the onion brown. Pour in the chickpeas and remove from heat.

Serve hot with luchi or boiled rice. Yields 6 – 8 servings.