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you could use fresh tomatoes but I like the saucy smoothness of passata, which is | you could use fresh tomatoes but I like the saucy smoothness of passata, which is just tomatoes with no skin or seeds. Passata is cheap when it's on sale at 99 cents. and is a great base for anything you want to do with tomatoes. Because it's not "sauce" it has no basil, or spices, so it's a clean slate. | ||
The baking soda is to counter the acidity of the tomatoes, my wife likes it left out, you can decide for yourself. A neat side effect is that the baking soda turns the dish very dark. | |||
I have included images of the products , including the box instructions below. | |||
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Revision as of 20:59, 16 October 2017
Overview
One of my wife's favourite dishes, I make this a lot.
I've done the spice by hand and that's nice but I'm a busy dad, I cheat when ever possible.
Ingredients
2 medium side onions chopped finely
2 tablespoons of Ghee
1.5 cups of passata ( Tomato )
Some water.
a table spoon of MDH Chana Masala spice powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt.
1 teaspoon of chopped ginget
1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
2 X 540ml cans of Chick peas
Steps
Chop onions finely, add ghee and onions to frying pan , and fly until onions are golden, medium to low heat.
Add salt and Chana Masala Powder and Stir.
Add tomato Passata and some water ( 1/2 cup ), get up to temperature, simmering, stir occasionally.
Notes and Commentary
you could use fresh tomatoes but I like the saucy smoothness of passata, which is just tomatoes with no skin or seeds. Passata is cheap when it's on sale at 99 cents. and is a great base for anything you want to do with tomatoes. Because it's not "sauce" it has no basil, or spices, so it's a clean slate.
The baking soda is to counter the acidity of the tomatoes, my wife likes it left out, you can decide for yourself. A neat side effect is that the baking soda turns the dish very dark.
I have included images of the products , including the box instructions below.