Curried Garbanzo Beans

Ingredients : 8 oz Garbanzo beans Green chili to taste (optional) 12 cloves Garlic 2" piece Ginger Pepper to taste 1 large Cardamom 6 Cloves 1" Cinnamon stick Salt to taste Paprika 4 oz Oil Mango powder 3 Onions Dried pomegranate seed 4 Tomatoes

Cooking Instructions : Clean, wash and soak the beans overnight. Boil them in the same water with salt, 1 small finely chopped onion, 4 cloves garlic, 4 large cardamom, a 1" piece of ginger and 6 cloves. Simmer in pan about an hour or until tender, or pressure cook for 7 minutes at 15 psi. Heat oil. Fry thinly sliced remaining onions and cloves of garlic. Cook until mixture browns and dries up. Add finely chopped tomatoes and cook 4-5 minutes more. Add the beans and cook for 10 minutes more. Add the mango powder and pomegranate seeds, grated ginger and simmer over low heat for 15-20 minutes. Before serving, pour 1 oz. (2 T) sizzling ghee over the beans.