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
The chickpea (Cicer arietinum) (also garbanzo bean, Indian pea, ceci bean, bengal gram, Kabuli chana, 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 07/11/2009) 
366 Delicious Ways to Cook Rice, Beans, and Grains
Amazon Price: $11.70 (as of 07/11/2009)
The Bean Book
Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 07/11/2009)
The Bean Bible: A Legumaniac's Guide To Lentils, Peas, And Every Edible Bean On The Planet!
Amazon Price: (as of 07/11/2009)
The Bean Harvest Cookbook
Amazon Price: (as of 07/11/2009)
Chickpea Recipes
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 07/11/2009)
Mangia Carmelina Brands Italian Ceci Beans (Garbanzo Beans), 14.28-Ounce Units (Pack of 24)
Amazon Price: $24.88 (as of 07/11/2009)
Walnut Acres Organic Beans, Garbanzo, 15 Ounce Cans (Pack of 12)
Amazon Price: $23.26 (as of 07/11/2009)
GARBANZO BEANS, 10 lbs.
Amazon Price: $14.65 (as of 07/11/2009)
Authentic Foods Garbanzo Flour
Amazon Price: $6.50 (as of 07/11/2009)
Del.icio.us Chickpeas
- Pan-fried Chickpea Salad Recipe - 101 Cookbooks
- The Wednesday Chef: Heather Carlucci-Rodriguez's Chana Punjabi
- Dinner Tonight: Chickpea Bruschetta | Serious Eats : Recipes
- Pierce Street Vegetarian Chili Recipe - 101 Cookbooks
- Orangette: Brown bag it
- Dinner Tonight: Channa Masala | Serious Eats : Recipes
- smashed chickpea salad | smitten kitchen
- warm butternut squash and chickpea salad | smitten kitchen
- Recipes for Health - Chickpeas With Baby Spinach - NYTimes.com
- Ultimate Veggie Burger Recipe - 101 Cookbooks
- Pasta with Chickpea Tomato Sauce
- Chickpea & Bread Soup | bitchincamero
- From Chef Jose Andres, A Family Favorite For $10 : NPR
- Dinner Tonight: Fragrant Tuna and Chickpea Salad
- My New Favorite Thing - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com
Google Blogs
- Clever Food Blog: Chickpeas, Butternut, and Lamb - Part 1
- Chickpeas cooked this way are tender, but firm. At this point, they can be fried, mashed, or cooked in a sauce for another few hours, which is what I'm usually doing anyway. If you want meltingly-soft chickpeas, you can cook them longer ...
- Clever Food Blog: Chickpeas, Butternut, and Lamb - Part 3
- Chickpeas, Butternut, and Lamb - Part 3. We're at the stunning, non-vegetarian conclusion of the Chickpea, Butternut, and Lamb meal. The lamb in this case is in the form of a kebab. When I was younger, kebab meant cubes of meat threaded ...
- Lemony Chickpeas with Blackened Shrimp | food photography-recipes ...
- Lemony Chickpeas with Blackened Shrimp quick, easy and flavorful.
- Mango & Tomato: Lemony Chickpeas with Blackened Shrimp
- All you really need is a can of chickpeas (aka garbanzo beans), green onions, a lemon, shrimp and blackened seasoning. Okay, some oil, salt & pepper is necessary too, but most likely you have most of the ingredients at home already! ...
Kitchenware
Presto 8-Quart Stainless Steel Pressure Cooker
Amazon Price: $74.99 (as of 07/11/2009)
Le Creuset 16-Quart Stockpot, Blue
Amazon Price: $119.95 (as of 07/11/2009)
Oster BPST02-B Professional Series Blender, Black
Amazon Price: $59.95 (as of 07/11/2009)
Hamilton Beach 33134 3-in-1 Slow Cooker with 2-, 4-, and 6-Quart Crocks
Amazon Price: $39.99 (as of 07/11/2009)
Rick Bayless Bean Pot, Sol
Amazon Price: (as of 07/11/2009)
Grow Your Own Bean Spouts From Chickpeas
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Comments
IArtist wrote...
I love chickpeas. You really did a nice job with this lens. Very informative!
Peace,
IArtist
Creative Vegetarian Recipes
Posted May 17, 2009
Swisstoons wrote...
Excellent lens about one of my favorite legumes. Hommus and a plateful of warm pita is hard to beat. I like mine with lot of garlic and lemon juice. Chana Dahl is excellent, as well. Those roasted spiced chick peas will definitely get a tryout. Sounds delicious. Lensrolling to my Laftovers lens.
Posted May 15, 2009
seegreen wrote...
Hi, I wanted to let you know that I added this lens to my tasty vegetarian recipes lens.
Posted April 15, 2009
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