Chickpea Recipes And Resources
The Menu
- Why Chickpeas?
- Learn More About Chickpeas
- Cooking With Dried Chickpeas
- Cook With Chickpeas
- Chickpea Recipes
- Easy Houmous
- Channa Dahl
- Chickpea and Tomato Soup
- Roasted Spiced Chickpeas
- Buy Chickpeas
- Del.icio.us Chickpeas
- Google Blogs
- Kitchenware
- Grow Your Own Bean Spouts From Chickpeas
- Comments
- Other Lenses You Might Enjoy
Why Chickpeas?
They're versatile, 100% vegan and easy to cook and work well in place of meat as well as being a great, cheap ingredient in their own right.
Learn More About Chickpeas
:Not to be confused with chickling pea.
The chickpea (Cicer arietinum) (also garbanzo bean, Indian pea, ceci bean, bengal gram, Kabuli chana, konda kadalai, kadale kaalu, sanaga pappu, shimbra, Kadala) is an edible legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. Chickpeas are high in protein and one of the earliest cultivated vegetables. 7,500-year-old remains have been found in the Middle East.
Cooking With Dried Chickpeas
To get your dried chickpeas ready for cooking you need to soak them for at least 12 hours. I tend to leave them overnight.
After soaking, rinse then boil in a pan on the stove for about 2-21/2 hours or in a pressure cooker for around 25 minutes. After that they're ready to go.
Bear in mind that chickpeas increase in size after soaking and cooking to roughly three times their dried size, so a little go a long way.
Cook With Chickpeas
and other pulses
Hummus: And 65 Other Delicious & Healthy Chickpea Recipes
Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 12/06/2009) 
366 Delicious Ways to Cook Rice, Beans, and Grains
Amazon Price: $11.70 (as of 12/06/2009)
The Bean Book
Amazon Price: $16.53 (as of 12/06/2009)
The Bean Bible: A Legumaniac's Guide To Lentils, Peas, And Every Edible Bean On The Planet!
Amazon Price: (as of 12/06/2009)
The Bean Harvest Cookbook
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Easy Houmous
2 cloves garlic
1 large tbsp tahini
1 tbsp olive oil
Juice of one lemon
Salt and pepper to taste
1. Put all of the above in a blender. Whizz till it looks like houmous.
2. Eat.
Channa Dahl
4 cups water
l onion chopped
1 tin of chopped tomatoes
l/2 teaspoon turmeric
1 clove garlic crushed
1 tsp cumin
1 fresh chili seeded and finely chopped
a large pinch of Asafoetida
Rinse the chickpeas and soak in water overnight. Drain, rinse and boil in a pan of salt water. Skim off the foam. Add tomatoes, turmeric and cumin. Cover and cook on a medium heat for about 45 minutes. While the dahl is cooking, heat l tablespoon of oil. Add the chillies,garlic, onion and asafoetida. Fry until the onions are translucent, then add to the rest of the dahl.
Serve with a good green salad, nan bread, rice or chapatis.
Chickpea and Tomato Soup
1 onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp ground coriander
1 lb chopped tomatoes
1 cup cooked chickpeas
5 cups of vegetable stock
pinch of salt and pepper
2 tbsp chopped fresh dill and the juice of a lemon to garnish.
Heat oil in a large pan. Add the onion and garlic, and cook over low heat for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add the cumin, coriander, tomatoes and lentils. Cook for another 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
Add the stock and bring to a boil. Allow to cool and whiz in a blender. Garnish with chopped fresh dill and lemon before serving.
Roasted Spiced Chickpeas
2 tbsp oil
1/2 tsp of black pepper
1tsp of ground cardamon
1/2 tsp of cumin
1 tsp of coriander
1/2 tsp turmeric
1. Soak the chickpeas overnight.
2. Drain the chickpeas and pat them dry with kitchen paper.
3. Heat a frying pan and fry the spices, add the chickpeas and stir fry for 2 minutes to ensure the chickpeas are covered in the spice mix
3. Place them on a baking tray in a hot preheated oven for 40-45 minutes. They should be crisp and golden when cooked.
4. Leave to cool and eat as a snack.
Buy Chickpeas
Westbrae Natural Vegetarian Organic Garbanzo Beans, 15-Ounce Cans (Pack of 12)
Amazon Price: $22.80 (as of 12/06/2009)
Mangia Carmelina Brands Italian Ceci Beans (Garbanzo Beans), 14.28-Ounce Units (Pack of 24)
Amazon Price: $24.88 (as of 12/06/2009)
Walnut Acres Organic Beans, Garbanzo, 15 Ounce Cans (Pack of 12)
Amazon Price: $23.26 (as of 12/06/2009)
Garbanzo Beans - 10 Lb Bag / Box Each
Amazon Price: $14.65 (as of 12/06/2009)
Authentic Foods Garbanzo Flour
Amazon Price: $6.50 (as of 12/06/2009)
Del.icio.us Chickpeas
- Orangette: A public display of chickpeas
- Cherry Tomato Couscous Recipe - 101 Cookbooks
- Orangette: Brown bag it
- warm butternut squash and chickpea salad | smitten kitchen
- Five Ways to Cook Chickpeas - Well Blog - NYTimes.com
- Baked Falafel
- Apartment Therapy The Kitchn | Party Recipe: Spicy Oven-Roasted Chickpeas
- Spinach and Chickpea Curry
- Pan-fried Chickpea Salad
- Healthy & Delicious: Greek-Style Chickpea Salad | Serious Eats : Recipes
- Five Ways to Cook Chickpeas - Well Blog - NYTimes.com
- Kalyn's Kitchen: Recipe for Garbanzo Bean (Chickpea) Soup with Garlic, Sumac, Olive oil, and Lemon
- Lemony Chickpea Stir-fry Recipe - 101 Cookbooks
- Crispy Roasted Chickpeas (Garbanzo Beans) with Moroccan Spices
- V e g a n D a d: Crispy Cajun Chickpea Cakes
Google Blogs
- Food Network Recipe For Whole Grain Pasta With Chickpeas ...
- With whole-grain pasta and hearty, filling chickpeas, there's no need to bring meat into this meal at all, which is good for your wallet, your waistline, and your carbon footprint. Wishing it were dinnertime already? ...
- Acquired Taste...: Roasted Chickpeas
- I decided to get some chickpeas last time I was at the store. Not knowing what to make with them at the time, I knew I would find something that was tasty. The hubby likes to have his chickpeas with a can of tuna mixed in and vinegar. ...
- SELL WHEAT FLOUR, CHICKPEAS,LENTILS,etc. - Trade Leads, Sell Lead ...
- Sell Trade Lead, 44190, SELL WHEAT FLOUR, CHICKPEAS,LENTILS,etc.
- Chasing Down Fresh Chickpeas - Barnes & Noble Book Clubs
- A couple of weeks ago, as I sped through the produce aisle at Whole Foods in my usual frenzy to find something for dinner, I spied a bin full of short, pale green, fuzzy pods the likes of which I'd never seen before.
Kitchenware
Presto 8-Quart Stainless Steel Pressure Cooker
Amazon Price: $49.99 (as of 12/06/2009)
Le Creuset 16-Quart Stockpot, Blue
Amazon Price: $119.95 (as of 12/06/2009)
Oster BPST02-B Professional Series Blender, Black
Amazon Price: $57.43 (as of 12/06/2009)
Hamilton Beach 33134 3-in-1 Slow Cooker with 2-, 4-, and 6-Quart Crocks
Amazon Price: $59.99 (as of 12/06/2009)
Rick Bayless Bean Pot, Sol
Amazon Price: (as of 12/06/2009)
Grow Your Own Bean Spouts From Chickpeas
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Comments
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- AppalachianCountry AppalachianCountry Sep 29, 2009 @ 7:58 am
- Fantastic lens. We are big fans of chickpeas. Thank-you for the wonderful recipes. 5 stars*****
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- Janiece Janiece Aug 25, 2009 @ 6:11 am
- Your recipes look great! Welcome to Vegetarian Bean Recipes.
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- ILoveNature ILoveNature Jul 28, 2009 @ 1:57 pm
- I like to smash my chic peas, add spices and make patties. Make a sandwich and add lettuce, tomato...
Kind of like a falafel.
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- stargazer00 stargazer00 Jul 21, 2009 @ 10:02 am
- I love chick peas in salads. I should use them more.
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- MichaelJLee MichaelJLee Jul 20, 2009 @ 10:25 pm
- I love working with chickpeas. They have the best flavor of any legume. Some chefs recommend using their cooking liquid as a vegetarian stock
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