Love, love, love the taste of curry! Easy recipe with a nice blend of spices! Different way to use chickpeas! Found this recipe in a Jean Paré cookbook and adapted it a bit.
Ingredients
1teaspoon cooking oil
1lb lean ground beef
1⁄2green pepper, chopped
1cup chopped onion
2garlic cloves, minced
2tablespoons flour
2tablespoons curry powder
1 1⁄2cups beef broth
1 1⁄4cups tomato juice
1(14 ounce) can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
1 1⁄2cups diced tomatoes
1 1⁄4cups frozen peas, thawed
1⁄4teaspoon salt
1⁄2 - 1teaspoon chili paste
1⁄2cup light plain yogurt
chopped fresh parsley
Direction
Heat cooking oil in large frying pan on medium. Add ground beef, green pepper and onion. Scramble fry for about 10 minutes until beef is no longer pink. Drain.
Add garlic. Heat and stir for 1 to 2 minutes until fragrant.
Add flour and curry powder. Heat and stir for 1 minute.
Slowly add broth, stirring constantly. Add tomato juice and chickpeas. Stir until boiling. Boil gently, uncovered, for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until thickened.
Add next 4 ingredients. Stir. Cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until peas are heated through. Remove from heat.
Add yogurt. Stir well. Remove to large serving bowl.