Fried Chickpeas Recipe

How to make Stir Fried or sauteed Chickpeas - Ghugri - Sundal

Ingredients for fried chickpeas:

Cooked Chickpeas - 1 cup

Vegetable oil - 1 tbsp

salt - 1 1/2 tsp or to taste

Black Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp

Red chili powder - 1/4 tsp

sugar - 1/4 tsp

Lime juice - 2 tsp

Coriander (Cilantro) leaves - 1 tbsp chopped

Fresh grated coconut - 2 tbsp

Making fried chickpeas - Gugri

Heat oil in a pan. Keep heat low. Add chickpeas. stir.

Add all the other ingredients except lime juice.

Cook for 5 minutes while stirring.

Add lime juice, chopped cilantro and mix well.

Serve hot or cold. You can refrigerate and use for 3-4 days. It is good to eat at a snack or as a side dish for any meal.

You may add desicated coconut instead of fresh grated coconut. Traditionally, small coconut pieces are added to sundal or ghugari.

You can also make ghugari with other lentil varieties such as chana dal, whole mung beans or split mung dal, brown chickpeas or black eyed beans. The soaking time will differ for all types of lentils, it will be less than chickpeas. It can also be made with peanuts.

How to make Fried Chickpeas