Nalini'sKitchen: Baked Spicy Chickpeas

Today's recipe is going to be a simple baked spicy chickpeas.We love to munch the store bought deep fried version.
The baked version make it healthy and guilt free and the taste is close to the deep fried version.The same way green peas, black eyed peas and soya beans can be baked.But if its over baked the chickpeas became hard.So keep watching after 30 minutes of baking and turn in between atleast 3-4 time to ensure even baking.Here I soaked the chickpeas then pressure cooked and baked it.If you want to make it in a scratch use the canned garbanzo beans.Lets move on to the recipe............................................

Baked Spicy Chickpeas

Basic Information

Preparation time ~ 15 minutes
Soaking time ~ 6-8 hours

Cooking time ~ 40 minutes

Makes ~ 2 cups(approximately)

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Chickpeas/kondai kadalai/ Dried channa	1 cup
Salt	1/2 tsp
Red chilly powder/milgai podi	1/2-3/4 tsp
Oil	1 tbs

Method

Soak the dried chickpeas in enough water and soak it for at least 6-8 hours.Drain the water and add around a cup of water and a pinch of salt.Pressure cook it for 2-3 whistles in a medium flame.Make sure not to over cook.

After the pressure subsides drain the excess water and spread it on a paper or towel to remove the moisture.Now spread the chickpeas in a baking tray and sprinkle the red chilly power,salt and drizzle the oil.Mix it well.

Preheat the oven at 400 F.Bake it for 40 minutes and every 10 minutes turn it carefully and bake till a nice golden color appears.Remove it and store it in an airtight container after it cools down completely.

Serve it as a snack along with tea.

Instead of red chilly powder,black pepper powder can be used.
Do not bake it more than 45 minutes it may turn hard,sometimes the chickpeas may not be crispy as soon as out of the oven.After cooling it will be crispy .