Melting Afghan chickpea curry
Recipe video above. I never knew chickpeas could be so meltingly creamy by adding a smidge of baking soda! I also love how the sauce is thickened by cooking lentils until they breakdown, two neat tricks picked up from this Pakistani Lahori Chanay by Sugar Spice & More. Combined with an Afghan sp
Ingredients
5 servings
Instructions
- Sauté - Melt the ghee in a large pot over medium high heat. Add the cinnamon and toast for 30 seconds. Add the onion, ginger, garlic and bay leaves. Cook for 3 minutes until the onion is translucent (stir regularly so the garlic & ginger don't catch).
- Spices and lentils - Add the Spices and stir for 30 seconds. Add the lentils and stir to coat in the spices.
- Simmer lentils - Add the stock and salt. Stir, bring to a simmer. Lower the head to medium, put the lid on and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Simmer chickpeas - Add the chickpeas, water and baking soda. Increase the heat to make it simmer again. Then lower the stove slightly and leave to simmer gently for 30 minutes without a lid or until the lentils mostly broken down to make a thin gravy (you can cook an extra 10 minutes to thicken more if you want).
- Serve with rice on the side and Afghan or other flatbreads for dunking, drizzled with yogurt and sprinkled with fresh coriander if you want (I do).
💰 Cost Estimate
Total Ingredients
$5020.00
$5020.00
Per Serving
$1004.00/serving
$1004.00/serving
🏠 Savings
~$10040.00 vs buying!
~$10040.00 vs buying!
📋 Price Breakdown (75% ingredients detected)
| Ingredient | Amount | Subtotal |
|---|---|---|
| ghee | 3 tbsp | - |
| cinnamon sticks | 2 | $1163.00 |
| onion | 1 | $50.00 |
| grated ginger | 0.5 tbsp | $8.00 |
| grated garlic | 0.5 tbsp | $15.00 |
| bay leaves | 2 | $3557.00 |
| dried red split lentils | 0.5 cup | $15.00 |
| water | 1 cup | - |
| litre vegetable stock | 1 | $80.00 |
| cooking / kosher salt | 0.5 tsp | $1.00 |
| x 400g/14oz cans chickpeas | 3 | - |
| baking soda / bi-carbonate soda | 0.25 tsp | - |
| coriander powder | 1 tbsp | $2.00 |
| cumin powder | 1 tbsp | $107.00 |
| turmeric powder | 0.5 tsp | $20.00 |
| cardamom powder | 0.75 tsp | - |
| ground cloves | 0.25 tsp | $2.00 |
| Basmati rice | - | - |
| Yogurt | - | - |
| Fresh coriander / cilantro leaves | - | - |
*Estimated market prices, may vary by region
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