Ingredients

8 oz Garbanzo beans

to taste Green chili (optional)

12 cloves Garlic

2" piece Ginger

to taste Pepper

1 large Cardamom

6 Cloves

1" Cinnamon stick

to taste Salt

Paprika

4 oz Oil

Mango powder

3 Onions

Dried pomegranate seeds

4 Tomatoes

Method

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.

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