Aaloo Cholay (Potato and Chick Peas)

[Quick Facts]
Main Ingredients: Chick Peas, Potatoes, Clarified Butter, Lemon Juice, Various Spices
Time Required: 3 hours
Serves: 3

Ingredients:

225 grams of washed Chick Peas/Garbanzo Beans (Sufaid Chanay)

½” piece of peeled and grated fresh Root Ginger (Adrak)

1 large Potato, peeled & cut into 4 cm or 1 ½” dices

2 fresh Green Chillies (Hari Mirchain), slit lenghthwise into halves

30 grams of Clarified Butter (Ghee), use regular butter if Ghee not available

1 teaspoon of Ground Turmeric (Pisi Haldi)

½ teaspoon Red Chilli powder (Pisi Lal Mirch)

1 large Onion, finely chopped

1 ¼ teaspoon Salt

½ teaspoon Garam Masala Powder

1 teaspoon chopped Fresh Mint (Podina)

½ teaspoon lemon juice

Instructions:

(1) Soak the chick peas overnight in plenty of cold water or use cooked/canned chick peas. Rinse several times and drain well.

(2) Place the chick peas, water and ginger in a large saucepan over a high heat, bring to boil, cover the pan and simmer for 1-1.5 hours or until the chick peas are tender.

(3) Add the potato, cumin, turmeric, chilli powder and green chillies and mint. Bring to boil, cover the pan and simmer for a further 15-20 minutes or until the potatoes are tender.

(4) Melt the ghee over medium heat and fry the onion until lightly browned. Stir them into chick peas with salt and garam masala powder.

(5) Remove the pan from heat and stir in the lemon juice and fresh mint.