curried chickpeas

well, long time no type! life has been a whirlwind in the cottage, more on that in other news. for now, i have a back log of food to tell you (assuming i have a reader out there) about. first: curried chickpeas! these are not the garbanzo beans that your mother tried to hide in your salad and that you surreptitiously flicked at your siblings, no! these are the chickpeas of the future! these are the wonderful little protein packed veggies that the kids will want more of! (and you will too) so, to start: dice half a red bell pepper, some onion (white or yellow or even a few green ones) and about two carrots. saute all this in two to three table spoons of butter, once they have gotten soft add about two table spoons of yellow curry powder and let it mix for a moment. drain and add one can of chickpeas and just enough water to loosen all the curry powder and allow every thing to mix together. at the last stir in either a table spoon of dried cilantro or two tablespoons of fresh, finely chopped, cilantro. cover and simmer stirring occasionally for about 15 minutes (or as long as you want, really) and serve with rice. you'll never flick a garbanzo again!