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Slow Cooker Recipe, Crockpot Chickpea Curry
Indian Vegetarian Recipe: Prep time: 10 min; Total time: Two days
This crockpot recipe is graciously shared by talented and creative vegetarian cook, Jill Richardson. Check her website Persistent Vegetarian State, for more excellent recipes.
Slow cooker or Crockpot recipes like this Indian vegetarian chickpea curry are super easy, and will warm you up on a cold day. It's so easy - but it tastes as good as vegetarian Indian recipes you get at a restauranTbsp
Note: Don't be frightened by the two day thing. The actual time spent prepping or cooking is 10 - 15 minutes. The long soaking and cooking of dried chick peas, plus the slow cooker time, takes two days, but if you use canned chick peas, you can do a quick prep in the morning and eat in the evening. That's the beauty of slow cooking!
Chickpea Curry Ingredients:
- 2 tbsp organic non-GMO canola oil
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced (substitute asoefetida if desired)
- 1 inch ginger, peeled and grated
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp coriander
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 c. dried or 1 15 oz. can chickpeas
- 12 oz diced tomatoes
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
Directions:
- Cooking Chickpeas:
- If you are using dried chickpeas, boil them them for 5 minutes the night before. Discard the water. Soak them overnight and change the soak water once while soaking. Discard the soak water again. Cook the chickpeas in the pressure cooker for about 10 min before adding the chickpeas to the crockpot
- Canned Chickpeas: rinse and drain them thoroughly before using them
- In a stainless steel or cast iron pan, sauté oil, onions, ginger, and garlic for 5 minutes
- Place onion mixture and all other ingredients except for gauram masala in a Crockpot
- Cook on low for 6-9 hours. Before serving, add garam masala
- Tips:
- If you don't have a Crockpot, you can make this recipe by cooking on medium high heat on the stove in a covered saucepan for 30 min in place of using the Crockpot
- Try adding other veggies, like carrots or bell peppers
- Add a chopped up jalepeno or some cayenne to give your recipe a kick
