Pasta with chickpea, tomato & cardamom sauce

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Recipe «Pasta with chickpea, tomato & cardamom sauce» presented in category Recipes / Vegetarian, to prepare this dish you will need no more 25 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 60ml olive oil, 1 onion, thinly sliced, 2 garlic cloves, crushed, 1 tbsp grated fresh ginger, 1 tsp turmeric , 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin, 8 cardamom pods, lightly crushed, 1 tbsp grated palm sugar* or brown sugar , 2 x 400g cans diced tomatoes, 400g dried pasta, Pinch of ground cinnamon, plus extra to garnish, 1 tbsp lemon juice, 250ml sheep's milk yoghurt, 400g can chickpeas, 1 tbsp chopped fresh mint.

Ingredients:

  • 60ml olive oil 
  • 1 onion, thinly sliced 
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed 
  • 1 tbsp grated fresh ginger 
  • 1 tsp turmeric 
  • 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin 
  • 8 cardamom pods, lightly crushed 
  • 1 tbsp grated palm sugar* or brown sugar 
  • 2 x 400g cans diced tomatoes 
  • 400g dried pasta 
  • Pinch of ground cinnamon, plus extra to garnish 
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice 
  • 250ml sheep's milk yoghurt 
  • 400g can chickpeas 
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh mint 

Instructions

  1. Heat the oil in a pan over medium heat. Add the onion, garlic and ginger and cook for 2-3 minutes until softened. Add turmeric, 1 teaspoon cumin and cardamom and cook, stirring occasionally, for 1 minute. Add the sugar and tomatoes and cook, stirring, for 20 minutes until thick and pulpy.
  2. Meanwhile, cook the pasta in a large saucepan of salted boiling water until al dente.
  3. Stir the cinnamon, remaining cumin and the lemon juice into the yoghurt.
  4. Remove the cardamom pods from the sauce, then add the chickpeas and mint.
  5. Drain pasta and stir tomato sauce through the pasta. Serve topped with spiced yoghurt and sprinkled with extra cinnamon.