Thursday, January 4, 2007

Garbanzo Beans Salad

Gorbanzo beans / chick peas are well know for Chhole. I tried to get a salad out of it. I think it really comes nice.

Ingredients
1. Gorbanzo beans.
2. Baking soda.
3. Potato.
4. Onion.
5. Black Salt.
6. Yogurt.
7. Black pepper(grounded).
8. Red chilli powder.
9. Coriander leaves.
10.Lemon.
11. Chat masala.
12. Tamarind /Aamchoor / Grounded pomegranate.

Steps
1 Soak Gorbanzo beans in water with baking soda overnight.
2.Pressure cook soaked Gobanzo beans to make it soft.
3. Boil potatoes and crush it to make a paste out of it.
4. Fine cut an onion and coriander leaves.
5. Take a plate and arrange the ingredients as follows:
a) Mix potato paste and cooked Gorbanzo beans with some lemon juice. Make sure not to
crush beans.
b) Put it first in the plate.
c) Put a cover of yogurt over it.
d) Spread black salt over it as per taste.
e) Sprinkle some chat masala over it.
f) Spread fine cut coriander leave on top of it.
g) Assuming , you have arranged this dish in a circular manner, make 4 virtual quadrants on
top of it.
h) Dress each quadrant differently. Dress first quad with black pepper powder. Dress second quad with mix of black pepper and red chilli. Leave the remaining two quads as it is.

Further Dressing
i) Add tamarind or aamchoor powder or grounded pomegranate.
ii) Add green peas.

Server the salad and onion separately. People can add onion as per their taste later.

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