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This is incredibly filling, very good for you and really delicious. 听If you鈥檝e time, use dried chickpeas and soak them overnight. They鈥檙e cheaper and taste better but if not, tinned chickpeas are fine.听听

Ingredients

路听听听听听听听听 500g cooked chickpeas

路听听听听听听听听 250g white onions

路听听听听听听听听 5 cloves of garlic

路听听听听听听听听 3 fresh green medium chillies

路听听听听听听听听 15g fresh ginger

路听听听听听听听听 2 tbs garam masala

路听听听听听听听听 陆 tsp turmeric

路听听听听听听听听 陆 can chopped tomatoes

路听听听听听听听听 50g tomato puree

路听听听听听听听听 25g salt

路听听听听听听听听 50ml rapeseed oil/vegetable oil听

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Crush or grate the garlic, finely chop or coarsely grate the ginger and finely chop the chilli. Heat the oil in a frying pan over a medium high heat and add the garlic, ginger and chilli and gently fry for about 3 minutes. Finely dice the onions and add to the pan. Stir, cover with a lid and cook on a medium-low heat for at least 20 minutes until the onions are soft and translucent. Add the garam masala, turmeric, tomato puree and tomatoes to the pan and mix.听

In a high sided saucepan add the chickpeas and cover in boiled water so that they are all submerged with a gap of about 1 cm from the top of the pan. Add salt and then add the spiced tomato mixture.听

Gently simmer without a lid for about 15 minutes or until the sauce begins to thicken. Serve with basmati rice or naan bread.

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These spicy potato cakes would work as a light lunch, a starter or even for breakfast.

Makes 10 potato cakes

Ingredients

路听听听听听听听听 500g Maris Piper potatoes

路听听听听听听听听 100g White onions

路听听听听听听听听 4 fresh green medium sized chillies

路听听听听听听听听 20g/1 heaped tbs garam masala

路听听听听听听听听 10g/2tsp coriander powder

路听听听听听听听听 5g salt

路听听听听听听听听 1tbs rapeseed oil/vegetable听听

Method听

Wash whole, unpeeled potatoes and steam cook until tender throughout.听

Allow to fully cook and place in a fridge until chilled. This stops the potato being watery and your potato cakes falling apart.听

Chop roughly and then crush with a fork before mixing in the salt, garam masala and coriander powder.听

Dice the onion and finely chop the chillies.听听

Add oil to a medium hot frying pan and fry the onions and chillies together until the onions have softened and have started to turn golden. Allow to cool.听

Add the cooled onion and chilli to the potato and mix together.听

Using your hands, form into ten patties, and in small batches, gently fry for a few minutes on each side in a medium hot pan until golden brown.

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