How on earth did I find the chickpeas leaves here? Well, I planted them!! :-D Just take a small pot of soil, throw a handful of brown chickpeas, and let them grow for about 2-3 weeks. If you let them grow more, they will have delicious green chickpeas but by then, the leaves will be very rough and difficult to chew.
Harabharyachi Paale-Bhaji
Chickpeas Leafy Greens Stir Fry
Ingredients
1 bunch chickpeas leaves bunch, roughly chopped or torn with hand
1/2 cup chickpeas sprouts or fresh green chickpeas
salt to taste
1/2 tsp jaggery or sugar to taste
1/2 tsp chili powder
Tempering
2 tsp oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
2-3 cloves garlic, slivered
1 small onions, chopped
Garnish
1 tbsp fresh coconut (optional)
Method
1. Chop or tear the tender leaves of chickpeas.
2. Heat oil. Add all the ingredients for tempering. As onions starts to become soft, add chickpeas sprouts. Add 1 tbsp water. Cover with a lid. Keep some water on top.
3. As chickpeas are cooked, add the leafy greens. Saute till the leaves are wilted.
4. Add salt, chili powder and jaggery or sugar to taste.
5. Add coconut to garnish - if using.
Note -
1. Make sure that the leaves are very tender otherwise it will be impossible to chew these greens.
2. Spinach can be substituted in the above recipe. However, chickpeas leafy greens is considered a delicacy.
3. Adjust the proportion of greens and sprouts per your taste.
4. Always add salt after the leaves are wilted because the fresh leafy bunch that looks huge in the beginning, becomes a small mush after being wilted.
This post is my contribution to RCI:Konkan at Deepa's recipes n' more.
21 comments:
ck peas leaf!! Interesting & innovative too.. Love this dish Meera - Chickpea & its leaf all incorporated in 1 dish.. perfect with Rotis!!
Lovely idea to grow the chickpea greens, and a unique and delicious-sounding recipe, Meera. Great job!
Never heard of these leaves.. sounds interesting
I've learned something new today. Those leaves look deliciously fresh and wholesome.
What a clever idea to grow them. I would have never ever thought zbout it.
Actually i never knew we could eat chick pea leafs
wow, you are genius Meera! Planting chickpeas and cooking with the leaves is such a bright idea. I have to learn a lot from you! And the curry looks wholesome and delicious.
Chickpeas Leaves grown at home? Wow...Meera a gr8 work with new innovation:)U always try to teach a new thing everyday.
Wow, thts very impressive Meera..Never knew these leaves are edible and really great of you to actually plant them..
have never really seen leaves of a chickpea...thanks for letting us in on those pictures...
Wow something new and looks gr8. I never heard of this recipe before.
Nice! But I dont ever remember seenig chick pea leaves here... do you know what they are familiarly called ?
Very unique and healthy,good idea and this looks so delicious:)
I am definitely going to grow these..Do u grow any more plants at home?I am planning to grow some..Any more ideas?
Another unique combination of your cooking & gardening skills Meera. First time commenting here, but have been religiously following ur wonderful blog for a few months.
Wow..Chickpea greens, Meera you are too cool!
Is there anything you don't grow ?
Looks lovely and wholesome, as always
Seema, Vaishali, Hima, Jayashree, Happy Cook, Uma, Sonu, Maya, Rachel, Kitchen Flavors, Usha:
Thanks for your encouraging words. These leaves are used in Malvani cooking so this was not my experiment. They were really easy to grow.
Divya:
They are called "Harbharyachi paalebhaji" in Marathi. During the season - probably winter -, fresh chickpeas are available in the markets of Mumbai along with these greens. If the bunch still has tender leaves, those leaves and fresh chickpeas are cooked together to make this subzi.
Divya Vikram:
I like to grow many vegetables/herbs at home. This year I experimented with some seeds from the nursery but I really love to plant the seeds from the pantry. I have successfully planted the following -
1)fenugreek seeds - to get fresh methi
2) garlic cloves along with skin - fresh garlic greens for making chutney
3)tamarind seeds - tender tamarind leaves
4)fennel seeds - dill leaves
5)dry red chilies that we use for tempering - use those seeds to get fresh chili plants. I generally get many seeds when I break those chilies for tempering, I save them in small container and later plant them
6)lemongrass - from the supermarket
7)taro roots - plant to get taro/colcasia leaves
8)chickpeas - frsh chickpeas leaves or peas
9) dry green peas - to get fresh green peas
10)lima beans - to get fresh lima beans
11) rajma/kidney beans to get fresh rajma
I guess, I just got carried away and wrote too much information than that you had asked for!!:-D
If you have any questions, do let me know.
Happy Gardening.
Supriya:
Welcome to my blog. Thanks for dropping by. Thanks for your lovely words.
Delhibelle:
Thanks for your kind words.
Hi, Dropped in your blog,
Must say, your blog is very creative & informative.
seen other recipes2. Really loved the way it is presented.
Meera, mind blowing! You grew harbara leaves!! Wow that list of your own nursery is awesome, learnt a new thing..dill comes frm fennel! :D This makes you Oh soooo very U.N.I.Q.U.E. to me!Tks for sharing this lovely looking dish!!
Hey Meera, your wheat appe reminded me that you hv skipped in your list the very 'mehnati' wheat germ u grew! For seven days in seven different bowls! :D ;)
Post a Comment