Curried Chickpeas Masala Dosa

Today also we are going to see a another Main course entree with Chickpeas/Channa/Garbanzo beans. For this i made, Masala Dosa with curried chickpeas/chickpeas curry. I love dosa with stuffing a lot, i have posted a few variety of masala dosa recipes. Click Here for the recipes. This curried chickpeas recipe was slightly adapted from Thaifood.about.com. For this masala dosa i added few finely chopped onions,cilantro n drops of lemon juice. It tasted so yummy with refreshing flavors. I have tried a similar one with my Tomato Masala Dosa. This curried chickpeas masala dosa is very nutritious and filling...No need for special sidedish but it tasted yummy with Onion Tomato Cilantro Chutney n Sambar. First time i made this recipe with chutney n sambar but on that i couldn't able to click neatly, so again next day i made this curry but with store bought dosa batter...and also didn't get time to make chutney n sambar...on that day i was in hurry n also kids were at home...lots of confusion, so totally forgot to take Curried Chickpeas separately n clicked some closeup shots with dosa alone. If kids are at home, then i can't do any of my work properly...two naughtly boys will be troubling me lot. okk will move onto the recipe...

Ingredients

1. Dosa Batter   as needed
2. Chickpeas    1 cup (canned or freshly cooked)
3. Onion    1 medium(finely chopped)
4. Ginger garlic paste   1-2 tsp
5. Tomato   1/2 cup (finely chopped)
6. Coconut milk    2-3 tbsp
7. Kashmiri Red chilli powder    2 tsp
8. Cumin Powder    1/2 tsp
9. Garam Masala Powder   1/4 tsp
10. Turmeric powder   a pinch
11. Cilantro   2-3 tbsp(finely chopped)
12. Salt    to taste
13. Oil    1-2 tsp
14. Cumin seeds   1/4 tsp

For Topping

• Red Onion  1/4cup(finely chopped)
• Cilantro    3 tbsp(finely chopped)
• Lemon juice   1/2 tsp
• Combine onion,cilantro n lemon juice n keep aside until use.

 Method

• Heat oil in a kadai/pan, add cumin seeds n wait till splutter.
• Then add onions and saute till it turns translucent and add ginger garlic paste n saute until raw smell leaves.

• Then add chopped tomatoes(carrots, if using) and saute till it turns soft n  mushy.
• After that add kashmiri chilli,cumin n garam masala powder, stir fry for 1-2 minute.

• Now add coconut milk n 2 tbsp water and bring to boil.
• Once it starts boiling add chopped cilantro and cook unitl the curry thicken.

• That's it...Curried chickpeas/Chickpeas curry is ready .
• To make Curried chickpeas masala dosa
• Heat a tawa/griddle, pour a ladle ful of batter and spread in circular motion..make it thin crepes, as thin as possible.
• Drizzle oil around the dosa n Wait for 2 minutes to cook dosa, then take 2 spoonful of curried chickpeas in the center, sprinkle onion-cilantro-lime mixture, fold the dosa n serve hot.
• That's it...Curried Chickpeas Masala dosa ready. Enjoy with Coconut chutney / Sambar or as such.

 Notes:
I used dry chickpeas, so soaked it overnight, then pressure cooked before use.
In the step wise pic, i added few finely chopped carrots along with tomatoes but i forgot to add it on second time, so in the final pic carrots missing...you can also add carrots n other vegs to make it even more healthy n tasty.
With the above mentioned quantity you can make around 7 curried chickpeas masala dosa.
Adding lemony cilantro- onion is optional but it gives nice flavor n taste to the dosa.
You can even have this curried chicpeas with chapathi, n enjoy it as chapathi rolls!

Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM# 16.