Mix Vegetables and Chickpeas Stew

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Healthy and flavorful stew prepared with lots of vegetables and chickpeas…

Ingredients:

1/4 cup chickpeas (kabuli chana)

1 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into half inch cubes 

1 carrot, peeled and cut into half inch pieces     

1/2 green capsicum, cut into half inch pieces
1 tsp parsley, chopped      

5-8 spinach leaves (palak), chopped    

1.5 cups vegetable stock          

1 tsp ginger-garlic paste

4-5 black peppercorns

2 cloves

1/2 tsp cumin powder  

1/4 tsp red chilli powder         

1/4 tsp black pepper powder

Salt to taste

           

Method:

• Wash and soak chickpeas in sufficient water overnight. 
• Pressure cook till done and keep them aside. 
• Heat vegetable stock in a saucepan and bring it to a boil. 
• Add ginger-garlic paste, cloves and peppercorns. 
• Add potatoes, boiled chickpeas, carrots, cumin powder and red chilli powder. 
• Mix well and cook on medium heat till it begins to boil. 
• Cover and simmer on low heat till all the vegetables are cooked and tender. 
• Add the capsicum, spinach and cook for two minutes. 
• Remove pepper and cloves. Mix in salt and pepper powder.
• Serve hot with some lemon juice.

Notes:

• If you want, you can slightly blend vegetables.
• To make stew more thick you can add cornflour mixed in little water.