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Kishmish Kala Chana with Golden Raisins

Nutty black chickpeas in a sweet-hot tomato sauce whose base is a fried purée of plumped golden raisins, onion, garlic, ginger and green chile, finished with cream and toasted cumin-coriander. Few spices, big flavour.

  • YieldMakes about 4 cups; serves 4
  • Hands-on25 min
  • Total56 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 150 ggolden raisins, about 1 cup
  • 240 mlboiling water

Aromatic purée

  • 1small red onion, coarsely chopped
  • 4 clovesgarlic, large, peeled
  • 4fresh green Thai, cayenne or serrano chiles, stems removed
  • 10 gfresh ginger, two thin lengthwise slices, about 5 x 2.5 cm
  • 2 tbspcanola oil
  • 240 mltomato sauce, canned or homemade
  • 1½ tspcoarse kosher or sea salt
  • 500 gcooked black chickpeas (kala chana), about 3 cups, drained
  • 480 mlwater
  • 4 tbspfresh cilantro leaves and tender stems, finely chopped, divided
  • 120 mlheavy (whipping) cream
  • 2 tsptoasted cumin-coriander blend

To serve

  • 150 gbasmati rice, cooked, to serveoptional
  • 4 slicesbread, warm, to serveoptional

Diet

  • Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Soy
  • Sulfites
  • Legumes (any)
  • Chickpeas
  • Wheat
  • Rice
  • Grapes
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Chili peppers
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Ginger
  • Cilantro / coriander
  • Cumin
  • Yeast
  • Chili heat (capsaicin)
  • Lactose
  • FODMAPs (any)

Taste

  • Heat
  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Creamy

Equipment

  • Stovetop
  • Food processor

Season

  • Fall
  • Winter

Occasion

  • Weeknight

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 2
  • Make-ahead friendly
  • Leftovers-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: high
  • Protein: high
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: high
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: low

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