3 Benefits of Eating Black Chickpeas over Red meat in Summers.



 


NEERAJ MAHAJAN


Hi, I am Neeraj Mahajan and I am back with a different cooking hack. And this time, it is the Black Chickpeas/grams cooked in mutton style and an assortment of spices. India, as we all know, is at the peak of its summers and in a severe #2 covid wave. With most parts of the country in lockdown, the supply of quality mutton has also dwindled. As it is the summer's pre-monsoon time, almost all goats in the plains are being fed grains. And this as we all know isn't too healthy. The fresh green grass on which the goats fed in winters has all but disappeared and will regrow only after the monsoon has arrived. 


As my taste buds yearned for the winter mutton curry, I tweaked things around a bit, and keeping the mutton curry recipe unchanged, I decided to cook Black Chickpeas. It took me almost the same amount of time and effort to cook as in a Mutton curry. The only difference being that the peas had to be boiled in advance while mutton is cooked on a slow burner.  Three reasons prompted me to endeavor viz:


1.Non Availability of Quality Mutton


2.Black Chickpeas Taste as good as Mutton


3.Black Chickpeas are A Nutrition Powerhouse


THE COOKING PROCESS




The dish turned out aromatic, mouth-watering, and very very palatable to the taste buds. The family loved it. It was worth every ounce of effort. I enjoyed it and look forward to iterating again.


until my next blog

goodbye


best

Neeraj Mahajan


PHOTO CREDIT BY ADOBE STOCK.



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