Two cups cooked chick peas (drained after soaking and boiling in salted water)
Two cups cooked Basmati rice
1 tsp cumin seeds
4 cloves garlic finely chopped
1 medium onion finely chopped
3 red pimento peppers finely chopped
1/4 cup vegetable stock
salt and white pepper to taste
Toast the cumin seeds and grind to a powder. Put aside.
Heat two tablespoons water in a heavy nonstick pan. Saute garlic, onion and
pepper. Add the chick peas and mix with the contents of the pot, cook for two
minutes or until heated through. Add the rice, stock and ground cumin, and stir
to mix evenly. Steam for 10 minutes until the stock is absorbed.