Chickpea Masala
$12 play money
Chickpeas in a tangy, spiced tomato sauce. On the ChowChow Feast menu it costs $12 in play money, which puts it in the Snack tier ($1 to $14). It is one of the small, cheap things that make an order feel real.
No payment, no address, no delivery. This is a game.
Key facts
- Cuisine
- Indian
- Menu section
- Indian
- Price tier
- Snack ($1 to $14)
- Play-money price
- $12
- Main ingredients
- chickpeas, tomato, onion, spices
- How it is served
- A bowl of chickpeas in thick brown-red sauce with cilantro and red onion
History, tradition and origin
Beans and lentils were among the first crops farmed, and they remain the main protein for much of the world. Black beans stewed with pork became a national dish of Brazil. Chickpeas are eaten from India to the Mediterranean. Tofu, made by curdling soy milk, has been made in China for around two thousand years and spread with Buddhist vegetarian cooking.
Food economy and industry
Legumes take nitrogen from the air and put it into the soil, so they need little fertiliser and are used in crop rotation. India grows and eats the most pulses, and Canada is the leading exporter of lentils. Soybeans are one of the most traded crops in the world, though most go to animal feed and oil.
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