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Spicy Chickpea Sauce Recipe


Spicy Chickpea Sauce Recipe
This is a medium-hot sauce usually served with Naan bread, Pita, soft Chapattis (My food friend Tina posted a great recipe for Chapattis) or as a side dish for curry. It is also a good condiment for grilled Merguez sausages.

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Ingredients
  • 4 cloves Garlic peeled
  • 2 inch piece of fresh Gingerroot
  • 1 medium hot fresh red chile or 1 dried Chipotle Chile soaked in hot water until rehydrated.
  • 1 Tsp Cumin Seeds
  • 1 Tsp Garam Masala
  • 2 Tbls Sunflower Oil
  • 1 red Onion finely diced
  • 1 16 oz Can Chickpeas w/ Juice roughly chopped in blender or equivalent amount of dried cooked Chickpeas with juice.
  • 1/4 Cup Cilantro chopped
  • Salt and Fresh ground Black Pepper

Directions
  1. Place garlic, gingerroot, Chile, Cumin Seeds, and Garam Masala in a blender and roughly chop for a few seconds.
  2. Heat Oil in a heavy skillet over medium heat, stir in chopped spice mixture and gently warm until fragrant. Add the Onion, and cook for 2 minutes.
  3. Add the chopped Chickpeas w/ their juice and simmer for 10 Minutes. Stir in Cilantro and season with Salt & Pepper to taste.
  4. If mixture gets too thick, add a little more water.
  5. Eat in bites with Naan bread, Pita, or Soft Chapattis. Use as a condiment for a Curry dish or with grilled Merguez Sausage (or Grilled fresh Chorizo)

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Comments


Oh, Jimmy! This sounds yummy!

Can you please post the link for Tina's Chappattis?


Sounds wonderful - thanks so much! You rock, Jim sweetie. ~vickie


Sounds delicious!


Great!


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