(No Title) Recipe for Chick Peas:
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Ingredients:
        1 cup whole dried chick peas
        6 - 8 cups water
        1 1/2 tsp salt
        2 Tsps ghee (clarified butter) - use regular butter if you want
        1/4 cup finely chopped onion
        1 clove finely chopped garlic
        1/2 tsp chopped fresh ginger
        1/4 tsp turmeric
        1/4 tsp powdered cumin
        1/4 tsp ground coriander seed
        1/4 tsp *garam masala* (omit if you do not have this spice mixture)
        1/4 tsp hot ground red chilli pepper (or cayenne will do)
        1/2 fresh lemon

Procedure:
Soak the chick peas in 3 cups of water for 10 to 12 hours.  Overnight
will do.  Rinse them in cold running water.  Drain.  Put 4 cups of
water and some salt in a big pot over high heat and boil.  Then add the
chick peas.  Bring to boil once again, lower the flame a bit and cook
for 45 minutes.

Now drain the water into a bowl, and save it.

Put the butter or ghee in a large frying pan over low heat.  Add the
onion, garlic and ginger, and stir until the onions are lightly
browned.  Add the chick peas, turmeric, cumin, hot pepper, coriander,
garam masala and 1/2 tsp salt.  Saute for 6 or 7 minutes so that the
spices are blended in well.  Now add 1 1/2 cups of the water the chick
peas boiled in.  Don't cover the pan.  Raise the heat to medium-high
and let the liquid boil for a few minutes, then cover the pan and
reduce the heat to low. Cook for about 40 minutes, or until the chick
peas are very soft, but not mushy.  Add a few Tbsps more liquid at a
time if it boils away.  When done, sprinkle with the juice of the lemon.

It can be eaten with rice and/or another vegetable.  It goes very well
with plain yogurt, and is delicious alone as a snack.