Broccolini And Chickpea Dal
- 2 cups dried chickpeas (garbanzos), cleaned of debris and rinsed
- 2 to 3 serrano chiles, coarsely chopped
- 1 qt. vegetable broth or reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 1 1/2 teaspoons turmeric
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- About 1 tsp. kosher salt, divided
- 2 medium onions, thinly sliced
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 bunch broccolini (3/4 lb.), stems sliced 1/2 in. thick and tops cut into 1 1/2-in. florets
- 4 teaspoons black mustard seeds
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cumin seeds
- Hot cooked quinoa or basmati rice
- Put chickpeas in a large pot, add water to cover by 2 in., and soak overnight. (Or bring to a boil over high heat, then turn off heat and soak about 2 hours.) Drain.
- Pulse half the chickpeas in a food processor with 1/4 cup fresh water until coarsely chopped. Pour into pot used for soaking. Repeat with remaining chickpeas, more water, and the chiles. Add broth, 1 cup water, the turmeric, ground cumin, and 3/4 tsp. salt to pot.
- Cover and bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat and simmer until chickpeas are tender, stirring occasionally, 40 to 50 minutes. Meanwhile, cook onions in oil in a large frying pan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until deep golden, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Stir broccolini into chickpeas, return to simmering, and cook until tender, about 12 minutes.
- Stir mustard and cumin seeds and remaining 1/4 tsp. salt into onions and cook over medium-high heat, stirring, until cumin turns a shade darker, 2 minutes. Set aside about one-third of mixture and stir the rest into dal. Ladle dal and quinoa next to each other in bowls and top with reserved onion mixture. Add more salt to taste.
- Nutritional analysis is per serving.
chickpeas, serrano chiles, vegetable broth, turmeric, ground cumin, kosher salt, onions, vegetable oil, broccolini, black mustard seeds, cumin seeds, quinoa
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/broccolini-chickpea-dal (may not work)