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Black Chickpeas Healthy HIGH PROTEIN Breakfast Recipe - Vegan

Updated: Oct 9, 2022

Vegan Black Chickpeas Indian Breakfast Recipe - High Protein

One of my favorite recipes while growing up, my mom used to make it usually on Sundays as it was a quick yet delicious one.

It is healthy, delicious and really easy to prepare with a few ingredients.

Black Chickpeas is called Kala Chana in Hindi and is a used in many recipes. This is a quick recipe to prepare healthy Black Chickpeas or Kala Chana and is naturally Vegan.

Ingredients

Oil - 1 Teaspoon

Cumin Seeds - 1 Tablespoon

Turmeric Powder - 1/4th Teaspoon

Red Chili Powder - ½ Teaspoon

Coriander Powder - 1 Teaspoon

Black Chickpeas - dry - 250 Grams

After soaking - 530 Grams

Salt - 1 and half Teaspoon

Lime - 1

Onion - 1 Small

Tomato - half small

Steps

1) Soak the black chickpeas overnight, or atleast for 5-6 hours which is pretty standard for these kinds of beans.

Next day you will see the puffed beans black chickpeas. Boil the black chickpeas. You can use the canned ones as well.

2) Heat a pan, add oil. Then add Cumin seeds, once they start to crackle, add spices - Turmeric powder, red chili powder and coriander powder.

3) Cook the spices over low heat for 2 mins, you will notice the oil will start to ooze out of the spices.

4) Add the Cooked black chickpeas and mix well with the spices. Cook over medium or high heat for 4-5 minutes

5) Switch off the heat and add lime juice. And that’s it, so quick and easy. Perfect for Busy mornings.

6) Finally garnish it using fresh finely chopped onion, some more lime juice and you can pretty much dress it up with your favorite salad. I am adding some finely chopped tomatoes.