Tea-Steeped Chickpeas

Name: Tea-Steeped Chickpeas
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp salt; 3 garlic cloves, minced; 1½ tsp cumin seeds; 4 tbsp vegetable oil; ¼ tsp ground turmeric; 1 tsp caster/granulated sugar; 1 small bunch of fresh coriander/cilantro, roughly chopped; 2 x 400 g/14 oz cans chickpeas/garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 5 cm/2 inch piece of fresh root ginger, peeled and grated; 2 bay leaves; 400 g/14 oz canned chopped tomatoes; 200 g/7 oz spinach, washed and roughly chopped; 2 small white onions, finely diced; ½ tsp chilli powder; 4 tbsp strong breakfast tea; 2 tsp ground cloves; 2 tsp ground coriander

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

Mowgli Street Food

By Nisha Katona

Published 2018

About

Chole bhature is one of India’s most common street food dishes. The chole are the curried chickpeas/garbanzo beans that have a typical tang lent to them by tea leaves. The tannins in the tea are central to giving a sharp edge to this rich dish. The bhatura is a soft fried bread. At Mowgli, this vegan dish is extremely poplular and it works brilliantly with our puri breads.