Spicy Chickpeas (Easy Chotpoti)

Ingredients:

• Chickpeas – 4 cups (soaked overnight)

• Potatoes – 2

• Onion (finely chopped) – 1 cup

• Green chilies (finely chopped) – ½ cup

• Chaat spices – 1 to 1 ½  tbs

• Red chili powder 1 tsp

• Cumin powder – 1 tsp

• Coriander powder – 1 tsp

For the tamarind sauce:

• Tamarind – 1 cup 

• Chaat spices – 1 tsp

• Cumin powder – ½ tsp

• Red chili powder – ½ tsp

• Dried red chili flakes – 1 tbs

• Sugar – 1 tbs

• Salt – ½ tsp

• Oil – 1 tsp

Preparation:

1. Boil the chickpeas with enough water; it may take 1-2 hours. Boil the potatoes and cut them into small pieces.
2. For the tamarind sauce, soak the tamarind in 1 cup of water for some time until it becomes really soft. Now mix it well with water and strain it on a sieve. Mix all the spices and oil with the tamarind water and put it on stove on medium heat. After 20 minutes when it will get thicker, remove from the stove.
3. Combine the chickpeas, potatoes, onion, green chilies along with the spices and ¼  of the tamarind sauce in a bowl. Mix them well and serve them with rest of the tamarind sauce.