Chickpeas and Sweet Potatoes

One of the traditional dishes I loved as a child was channa and kheer. Channa is fried chickpeas and kheer is a sort of sweet rice pudding.  Here is my fairly healthy version of a childhood favourite:

250g dried chickpeas
1 small onion, sliced  
1 teaspoon mustard seed
1 pinch chilli flakes
1 pinch hing
1 tablespoon oil
2 cinnamon sticks
2 sweet potatoes

Boil the chick peas until slightly tender. Place sliced onions, mustard seeds, chilli flakes, hing, and oil in an ovenproof dish, mix all ingredients together and roast for 1 hour.

Insert Cinnamon stick into sweet potatoes and steam for 30 minutes or until tender. Remove cinnamon sticks and mash up the sweet potato. Serve with roasted chickpeas.