Curried Chickpeas and Lentils over Rice
Curried Chickpeas and Lentils over Rice

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Taste the curry to ensure that the lentils have cooked through before adding more seasoning to taste. Serve the chickpea lentil curry warm over rice or with your favorite side dishes. Season with salt and pepper; bring to boil.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook curried chickpeas and lentils over rice using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Curried Chickpeas and Lentils over Rice:
  1. Take 1 Cup Dried Chickpeas
  2. Get 1 Cup Lentils
  3. Take 1 1/2 Cups Rice
  4. Prepare 3 Cups Chopped Bell Peppers
  5. Get 2 Cups Chopped Onions
  6. Take 4 Tbsp Curry Powder
  7. Prepare 2 Tbsp Garam Masala
  8. Take 2 Tbsp Hot Chili Powder
  9. Make ready 4 Tbsp Salt
  10. Take 1 Tbsp Black Pepper
  11. Make ready 3 Tbsp Minced Garlic
  12. Get 3 Bay Leaves
  13. Make ready Splash Seasoned Rice Wine Vinegar
  14. Prepare 3 Tbsp Canola Oil
  15. Get Milk
  16. Get Cornstarch (Optional)

Add the tomato sauce, salt, pepper; mint, and chickpeas, then add the reserved lentils and rice. Pour in the chopped tomatoes, stock, lemon juice, add the chickpeas and lentils. Add the salt and pepper then stir well. Bring the pan to the boil, reduce the heat to a gentle simmer then cover the pan with a tight-fitting lid.

Instructions to make Curried Chickpeas and Lentils over Rice:
  1. Cook the rice ahead of time, ideally letting it sit in the fridge overnight
  2. Soak the dried chickpeas overnight.
  3. Rinse the chickpeas and lentils till water is clear. Boil them for 10 minutes until soft.
  4. With a separate pan, heat to medium-high and add canola oil when the pan is up to temperature. Add the chopped bell peppers, onions, minced garlic, curry powder, garam masala, black pepper and hot chili powder to the pan and cook for 5-10 minutes.
  5. Add the chickpeas and lentils to the pan, then add the milk and salt. Put the bay leaves and rice wine vinegar into the mixture and let simmer uncovered for roughly 15 minutes till sauce is reduced. Stir occasionally.
  6. Add cornstarch if you desire a thicker sauce (amount will vary depending on how much the mixture has reduced)
  7. Let the mixture cool and serve over rice.

The dal is vegan but full of hearty protein thanks to the chickpeas, lentils, and coconut milk. Toast the spices: Add oil to a large saute pan and heat over medium high heat. Add in cloves, bay leaf, cinnamon stick and green cardamom. Keep an eye on them so they do not burn. Scrape up any vegetables or curry powder stuck to the bottom of the pot with a wooden spoon.

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