Stir-fried chili-chickpeas with eggplant and spinach

3 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 tablespoons Sunflower seeds; pan-toasted
1 teaspoon Olive oil
6 ounces Eggplant; (skinny variety)
¼ teaspoon Fennel seed; crushed
3 Cloves garlic; crushed
1½ cup Cooked garbanzo beans; rinsed and drained
1 tablespoon Chili powder; New Mexican
2 teaspoons Paprika; sweet, to taste
¼ teaspoon Dried oregano; Mexican
1 cup Stewed tomatoes; Italian seasoned (from can, drained)
Black pepper
4 cups Fresh spinach; leaves

Directions

a- Heat wok and add sunflower seeds. Dry-fry until the seeds are golded and toasted. Remove to a plate and set aside.

b- Cut eggplant into ½-inch cubes.

c- Place drained chickpeas (garbanzos) in a bowl and add the chili power, paprika and oregano. Toss to coat.

d- Drain, measure and chop the stewed tomatoes.

e- Wash and spin dry the spinach.

1- Heat the wok. Add oil. Stir fry the eggplant until translucent. Add the garlic and fennel seed; saute until aromatic. Add the garbanzos and saute for about 3 to 4 minutes. Add tomatoes and saute for 2-3 minutes; add freshly ground black pepper. See TIP. Layer the spinach on top, sprinkle with the pan-toasted sunflower seeds; cover and cook until wilted but still bright green (about 1-½ to 2 minutes). Serves 2 to 4 depending upon accompaniments. One-fourth: 172 cals, 4.7 g fat (22⅘%cff) One-third: 229 cals, 6.3 g fat.

TIP: Put the spinach in the bowl that help the garbanzos and use leaves to get the last of the seasonings. Serve with roasted Anaheim Chili and Cilantro quesadilla; cubes of melon and plum with lime juice; lowfat plain yogurt.

>VARIATION: Omit eggplant. Serve, drizzled with chili oil or hot sauce.

REF: see also "Stir-fried Chickpeas," p141: A Flash in the Pan, 100 fast and furious recipes for wok and stir-fry by Shirley Gill and Liz Trigg.

(Lorenze Books, 1997: ISBN 1 85967 480).

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Recipe by: PatHanneman (Riverside) Posted to Digest eat-lf.v097.n215 by KitPATh <phannema@...> on Aug 26, 1997

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