Vegan Butternut Squash and Chickpea Curry
1 cup dry chickpeas (garbanzo beans) 1 large butternut squash, peeled and cut into… 1 tablespoon tomato paste, or more to taste 1 teaspoon black mustard seeds 1 ½ cups water, or as needed 2 dried red chile peppers, stemmed and seeded 2 onions, chopped 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 2 teaspoons coriander seeds 2 teaspoons ground turmeric 3 carrots, chopped 4 cloves garlic, minced 6 pods green cardamom ½ bunch fresh cilantro, chopped