Bunny Chow | Vegetarian Curried Chickpea in Bun
Bunny Chow is a delicious street food from South African made with meat, chickpea in an aromatic sauce served in a hollow bread. You can think this a burger Sandwich as well!
Servings 4 Bunnies
Ingredients
For the Chickpea Stew
- 1 cup Chana / Chickpea, boiled
- 2 tsp Butter
- 1 tsp Ginger minced
- 2 tsp Garlic minced
- 1 tbsp Chana Masala
- 3 /4 cup Onions finely chopped
- 3 /4 cup Tomato Puree
- 1/2 cup Tomato finely chopped
- 1 tsp Garam Masala
- 1 tsp Red Chilli powder
- Salt to taste
- Pepper Powder to Taste
To Assemble the Bunnies
- 4 Burger Buns
- 1 cup Onions finely chopped
- 1 cup Tomatoes finely chopped
- Coriander leaves for garnish.
Instructions
Making the Chickpea Stew
- Soak the Chana overnight and pressure cook till soft. Keep it aside.
- What makes this dish really different is making the chickpea masala on a tawa or an almost flat pan.
- Melting butter and cooking on high flame gets you the flavour you would normally associate with the street food.
- Heat a tawa/pan with butter, quickly saute the minced garlic and ginger. Then add finely chopped onions.
- Saute well and add the spice powders. Add the chopped tomato pieces.
- Next, add the tomato puree and cook on high until the puree is cooked.
- Then add the cooked chana and little bit water for all the ingredients to combine well.
- Adjust spice and seasoning. Add Sambar powder if you want to get the curry effect.
- However, I added some chana masala gravy towards the end to make it more stew like.
Assembling the Bunnies
- Heat a tawa with butter and toast the bunnies if required.
- Make a small opening on the top and remove it, making it hollow to hold the chickpea stew.
- Pour the gravy into it, garnish with chopped onions, tomatoes, coriander leaves. Cover with the top or serve as such.
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