This is i of my favorite dishes for breakfast. It is nutritious in addition to filling. Not to mention, slowly to make! I normally duad it amongst around other traditional favorite combination Phova chutney or the non-traditional combination: a overnice spell of buttered toast. The latter is my husband's preferred combination. This Chana upkari is traditionally made amongst dark Chana or dark chick-peas, yous could too become far amongst white chick peas. I similar both of them. So how practice nosotros brand it?? Here nosotros go:
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
Chick peas( Chana): ii cups dark or white cooked. ( If using canned, 1 10 oz can)
Sweet potato: 1 medium sized, washed in addition to chopped to medium cubes.
Coconut oil: 1 tsp
Mustard seeds: 1/2 tsp
Green chillies: 2-3 slit lengthwise.( tin live adjusted based on your spice level).
Hing( asofoetida): a pinch if using powder, 1 tsp if using solution.
Salt: to taste
Jaggery/ chocolate-brown sugar: 1 tsp
Freshly grated coconut: 1 tbsp
Method:
Heat a sauté pan/ kadai amongst oil. Add mustard seeds.
Once the mustard seeds splutter add together the slit light-green chillies, sauté for few seconds.
Now, add together the diced sugariness potato, hing, salt, jaggery in addition to ii cups water.
Cover in addition to laid until the sugariness potatoes are 3/4 done.
Now, add together inwards the cooked chick peas in addition to mix well. Cover in addition to laid on medium until the sugariness murphy is cooked well.
You could forthwith opened upwards in addition to dry out the excess H2O if yous wish. You don't convey to. In fact if it is beingness made to live eaten amongst Phova chutney ( beaten rice) in addition to thus the excess H2O ( sauce)is left thus that it is to a greater extent than delicious to eat!
Serve hot amongst Phova chutney/ apartment bread/ toast or equally a side dish amongst rice!
Enjoy!
Cooking made easy:
If using dried chick peas, soak it overnight amongst a pinch of baking soda. This significantly reduces the cooking fourth dimension in addition to makes the chick peas overnice in addition to tender. The chick peas needs to live cooked inwards a trace per unit of measurement area cooker for fifteen minutes later the kickoff whistle. Turn the stove off an practice non opened upwards the cooker until the trace per unit of measurement area within has completely subsided.
If using canned chickpeas, ensure that yous thoroughly rinse inwards H2O in addition to drain the chick peas earlier use.
Tip for salubrious living:
Avoid canned nutrient equally much equally possible. Apart from the fact that they are non equally nutritious equally fresh produce, canned goods comprise a really high degree of sodium. Salt is oft used equally a preservative.They too may convey BPA from the inner plastic liner in addition to aluminum from the tin leach inwards it.
References:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-holt-gimenez/bpa-food-cans_b_3493469.html
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/11/24/why-canned-soups-can-be-dangerous-to-your-health.aspx
Food for thought:
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