Curried Peas Recipes Recipe Paper

CURRIED PEAS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix together coconut milk, and curry.
• In a saucepan, heat oil over medium. Add onion, cinnamon and cumin. Sauté until onions are soft.
• Stir in tomatoes, peas and coconut milk. Reduce heat and simmer until peas are tender.
• Serve over rice and pass naan bread.

CURRIED CHICKPEAS

Steps:

• In a saute pan, warm the oil over medium heat, and sweat the onion until just translucent. Add the carrot and garlic, and stir. After the garlic has browned slightly, sprinkle over the curry powder, and stir. Add the white wine to deglaze the pan. Add the tomatoes and chickpeas to the pan, then stir.
• Pour in the chicken stock, and bring the mixture to a simmer. Cover the pan with a lid, and cook for 10 minutes. Season the chickpeas with the sugar, and salt, to taste. Remove the pan from the heat and finish the chickpeas by stirring in the cold butter.

CURRIED PEA DIP

Steps:

• Warm the coconut oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add the onions and saute until golden, 6 to 8 minutes. Add a pinch of salt and the garlic and cook for another 3 minutes. Stir in the curry powder and peas and cook for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and cool slightly. Place the pea mixture in a food processor with the yogurt and 1/4 cup water and puree until smooth, adding more salt to taste. To serve, transfer the dip to a bowl, top with a spoonful of yogurt and stir a few times to create a swirl.

CURRIED CAULIFLOWER AND CHICKPEAS

Steps:

• Heat olive in a skillet over medium heat. Add onion, curry powder, and ginger; cook and stir until onion is soft, 5 to 7 minutes. Add tomatoes and cook for 6 minutes.
• Stir in tomato paste, then 1 cup water. Add cauliflower and chickpeas; stir to coat. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer until cauliflower is tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Uncover, and cook until excess moisture evaporates, 1 to 2 minutes; do not burn. Season to taste.

CURRIED PEAS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix together coconut milk, chili powder, coriander, turmeric, and salt.
• In a medium saute pan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion, cinnamon stick, and cumin seeds; saute until onions are soft.
• Stir in tomatoes, peas, and coconut milk mixture. Reduce heat, and simmer until the peas are tender.

CHICKPEA CURRY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium heat, and fry onions until tender.
• Stir in garlic, ginger, cloves, cinnamon, cumin, coriander, salt, cayenne, and turmeric. Cook for 1 minute over medium heat, stirring constantly. Mix in garbanzo beans and their liquid. Continue to cook and stir until all ingredients are well blended and heated through. Remove from heat. Stir in cilantro just before serving, reserving 1 tablespoon for garnish.

CURRIED PEA PASTIZZI

Steps:

• Place peas in a saucepan, cover with cold water and bring to the boil over high heat and then reduce heat to medium and simmer uncovered for 30 minutes or until peas are tender, drain.
• Heat oil in a large frying pan over high heat and cook onion and garlic for 5 minutes or until softened and then add curry powder and cook stirring for 30 seconds or until fragrant and then add peas and 1/4 cup cold water and cook stirring occasionally for 5 minutes or until liquid has evaporated and set aside to cool completely.
• Preheat oven to 220C (200C fan forced).
• Line 2 baking sheets/trays with baking paper.
• Using a 10cm round cutter, cut 5 rounds from each pastry sheet and brush edge of round with egg.
• Spoon 1 level tablespoon of mixture onto the centre of each round and spread to form a 5cm log and then fold up 2 sides of the pastry to enclose the log and pinch to seal and then twist ends to form points.
• Place on prepared trays and brush with remaining egg.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until puffed and golden.
• Stand for 4 minutes before serving.
• TO FREEZE - place uncooked pastizzi on a baking tray lined with baking paper and freeze for 2 to 3 hours or until firm and then transfer to a large snaplock bag, expel air from bag and freeze for up to 1 month.
• TO REHEAT - preheat oven to 220C (200C fan forced). Line 2 baking trays with baking paper and place frozen pastizzi on prepared trays and bake for 25 minutes or until golden and heated through.

CURRIED CHICKPEAS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed pan. Fry the cumin, chillies, clove, cinnamon and bay leaf together until the cumin starts to crackle. Tip in the onion, turmeric and a pinch of salt. Cook for 2 mins until starting to soften, then add the garlic.
• Continue cooking 4-5 mins until the onion is soft, then add chickpeas, paprika, black pepper and ground coriander. Give everything a good stir so the chickpeas are well coated in the spices.
• Add the tomatoes and 2 tbsp water. Cook on a medium heat until tomatoes are soft and the sauce is thick and pulpy. Take off the heat and sprinkle on the coriander.