Chole Palak (Chickpeas with Spinach) Serves 4 as a main meal with rice or chapattis,more as a dish in an Indian Meal :Ingredients * 2 x 400g of chickpeas, drained and rinsed (chole, garbanzo)
* 6 cups spinach, finely chopped (palak)
* 4 medium tomatoes, halved
* 4 cm piece ginger (adrak), sliced into "coins"
* 1 onion, peeled and quartered
* 2 cloves of garlic, peeled
* 1 green chilli, seeds removed
* 20 g oil
* 1 teaspoon cumin seed (jeera)
* 1 tablespoon coriander powder (dhania)
* 1/2 teaspoon turmeric (haldi)
* 1/2 teaspoon salt adjust to taste
* 1 teaspoon garam masala[/b]
Preparation:To chop spinach, loosely pack leaves into TM jug and then press turbo button once. Scrape out and repeat until all is chopped. Set aside
Without washing bowl, blend the tomato, chilli, ginger, onion, and garlic on speed 6 for 30 or 40 seconds, until you have a puree. Set aside and wash and dry bowl.
Heat the oil and cumin seeds (make sure that none of the seeds is on the blades) 5 minutes/Varoma temepratre/Speed 1.
Add the tomato puree, coriander powder, turmeric and cook for 4 minutes/100C/speed 1, with measuring cup off to allow for evaporation.
Add spinach and one cup of water and cook 5 minutes/100C/speed 1, measuring cup on.
Add the chickpeas and cook another 8 minutes, adding the garam masala in the last minute of cooking.
This recipe is very easy to cook on the stove too. The main advantage of using the TM is that you can do something else (like make some chappattis or naan bread) while it cooks.
This is my adaptation of this recipe
http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/2009/07/07/chole-palak-chickpeas-with-spinach/.
Manula's kitchen is a wonderful website. I have been cooking along with "Auntie" on video for over a year, but this is the first recipe I have tried to convert to TMX. Hope you enjoy it.
