Chana Masala

Summary

Yield
Servings
SourceAgain, standard Indian recipe, can't remember the book I got it out of several years ago
Prep time
N/A
Cooking time
N/A
Total time
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Ingredients

1  
green chili (or other hot pepper in amounts to your taste)
5 clove
garlic (minced)
1  
ginger root, fresh (1 inch minced)
3  
bay leaves
1 teaspoon
coriander
1 teaspoon
Chili powder (red)
1⁄2 teaspoon
turmeric
2 teaspoon
Curry (or more...)
1 teaspoon
Garam Masala (a.k.a. "Indian Masala" or "Indian Spice")
2 teaspoon
tomato paste
2 can
chick peas ( or 1 whole bad dried chick peas (previously soaked & cooked))
1 teaspoon
chipolte Tabasco ( if you want to make it a little smokey)

Instructions

If you use the canned chick peas, rinse them well to remove the sodium. If using dried chick peas you have to soak them overnight in cold water. Then rinse, cover with water and boil until tender.
Place in slow cooker, cover with water again. Variation use fresh or stewed tomatoes of equal volume to the cooked chick peas.
Add in spices; stir well. Cover & cook on low setting for minimum of 24 hours. The longer this cooks the more pervasive the spices soak into the chick peas.
To thicken the sauce, once cooked, remove & mash about 1/2 cup of the chick peas. Stir back into slow cooker.

Notes

Can serve with grilled sausages, chicken or ham. Works well as a vegetarian meal on its own as well. Serve on rice or couscous. The second photo is grilled chicken with my first home made rub. This was also an indian based spice, but not garam masala.

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