Chickpea Curry, Chutney, Roti, Dal, Veggie Pakora

Recipes are Inspired by my cooking sessions with business owner of Bombay Brau BIFC Busan chefs, + owner, Muskan & her mother, Shekha Wat.

Chickpea Curry

Ingredients:

1/4 pound (500ml) chickpeas

1 tomato

1 onion

1 clove garlic

1/4 spoonful of salt

1/8 chilli powder

1/4 spoonful of ground cloves

1/4 spoonful of coriander seeds

ghee (to heat pan)

Directions:

Soak chickpeas overnight and drain. Boil chickpeas for 45 minutes in Instant Pot. Blend ingredients. Sauté coriander seeds and add blended ingredients to a nonstick pan. Add spices to sautéed sauce. Add curry to cooked chickpeas with water included.

Basmati Rice

Soak about 1 /2 pound of rice overnight or for a few hours and cook 45 minutes with about 1-2 an inch of water above the rice in the instant pot too.

Chutney

Ingredients:

parsley or mint

1 spoonful of lemon

Optional:

1/4 a chilli

1 spoonful of coriander

1 onion

1 tomato

1/4 spoonful of black salt

Directions:

Blend ingredients until it looks like a liquid.

Roti

Ingredients:

wheat (Chakki Fresh Atta Amamir brand)

water

salt

Directions:

Make dough. About 4 handfuls of dough require about a teaspoon of salt and just enough water so the dough is not dry. Roll dough into balls. Let the balls sit for about 15 minutes and then roll into thin circles. Start from rolling the dough from center outwards and toss the dough back and forth between hands m like a pizza crust for an even shape. Heat on the pan and remove bubbles by pressing down and flipping the circular bread shape.

Veggie Pakora

Ingredients:

2 potatoes

1 white onion

1/4 cup of parsley

4 handfuls of besan powder (enough to bind ingredients)

1/4 tbsp garam masala powder

1/8 tbsp chili powder

1/4 tbps fresh minced ginger

1/4 tbsp salt

Directions:

Dice potatos, onions into thin strips. Mince parsley. add spices and powder. Stir and shape into small patties. Cook with ghee.

Dal

Ingredients:

Dal

1 teaspoon of turmeric powder

1 teaspoon cumin seeds

salt

garlic

ginger

onion

green chilli

tomato

chilli powder

coriander powder

Directions:

Boil dal with salt. Pour mixture and fry by putting little oil in different frying pan and add cumin seeds, garlic , ginger, onion, green chilli, tomato and add chilli powder and coriander powder all acc to taste.