Maharaja’s Eggplant and Chickpea feast
Don’t be fooled by humble ingredients: this dish is fit for a king! Spicy, zesty, colourful mouthfuls of spiced eggplant and scrummy chickpeas make for a real treat. It’s all served up on a bed of fluffy rice with a crispy pappadam - talk about a rags to riches story – are you feeling regal yet?
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts and wheat.
Ingredients
½
red onion
1 knob
ginger
2 clove
garlic
1
Long Chilli
20 g
garam masala
1 tin
diced tomatoes
1
eggplant
10 g
vegetable stock
1 tin
chickpeas
150 g
rice
4
Pappadums
1 tbs
coriander
Not included in your delivery
500 ml
water
1 tbs
brown sugar
vegetable oil
salt
pepper
Utensils
Cooking Steps
Heat some vegetable oil over a medium heat in a large pot. Finely dice the red onion and peel and chop the ginger, peel and crush the garlic. Dice the chilli and the eggplant. Roughly chop the coriander. Add the onion, ginger, garlic, and chilli, stirring occasionally for 5 minutes. Add the HelloFresh garam masala and cook for one minute or until fragrant. Add the tomato and the eggplant and stir occasionally for 3-4 minutes. Drain and rinse the chickpeas. Add the water and stock to the pot and bring to the boil. Add the chickpeas and the sugar and reduce heat to a simmer, leave to simmer away for 10 minutes or until the liquid has has reduced by at least half.
Place the rice into a sieve and rinse it with cold tap water. The water will initially become cloudy, continue to rinse until the water becomes clear enough (it doesn't need to be crystal). Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil. Add the rice and cook it for 10-12 minutes or until soft. Drain.
Deep fry the pappadams in oil until crisp or lightly oil the pappadams and pop in the microwave for about 1 minute or until nicely puffed.
Divide the rice bowls and the spoon over the garam masala chickpeas and garnish with some fresh coriander. Enjoy along with your pappadams.
