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
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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, 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 11/10/2009) 
366 Delicious Ways to Cook Rice, Beans, and Grains
Amazon Price: $11.70 (as of 11/10/2009)
The Bean Book
Amazon Price: $16.37 (as of 11/10/2009)
The Bean Bible: A Legumaniac's Guide To Lentils, Peas, And Every Edible Bean On The Planet!
Amazon Price: (as of 11/10/2009)
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: $19.94 (as of 11/10/2009)
Mangia Carmelina Brands Italian Ceci Beans (Garbanzo Beans), 14.28-Ounce Units (Pack of 24)
Amazon Price: $24.88 (as of 11/10/2009)
Walnut Acres Organic Beans, Garbanzo, 15 Ounce Cans (Pack of 12)
Amazon Price: $23.26 (as of 11/10/2009)
Garbanzo Beans - 10 Lb Bag / Box Each
Amazon Price: $14.65 (as of 11/10/2009)
Authentic Foods Garbanzo Flour
Amazon Price: $6.50 (as of 11/10/2009)
Del.icio.us Chickpeas
- Orangette: Brown bag it
- Orangette: A public display of chickpeas
- Cherry Tomato Couscous Recipe - 101 Cookbooks
- Dinner Tonight: Chickpea Bruschetta | Serious Eats : Recipes
- Apartment Therapy The Kitchn | Party Recipe: Spicy Oven-Roasted Chickpeas
- Baked Falafel | Chow Vegan
- Pan-fried Chickpea Salad Recipe - 101 Cookbooks
- Pierce Street Vegetarian Chili Recipe - 101 Cookbooks
- Lemony Chickpea Stir-fry Recipe - 101 Cookbooks
- Fragrant Tuna and Chickpea Salad | Serious Eats : Recipes
- Healthy & Delicious: Greek-Style Chickpea Salad | Serious Eats : Recipes
- Spinach and chickpea curry recipe
- Socca, Enfin - David Lebovitz
- smashed chickpea salad | smitten kitchen
- Ultimate Veggie Burger Recipe - 101 Cookbooks
Google Blogs
- Five Ways to Cook Chickpeas - Well Blog - NYTimes.com
- Chickpeas have been cultivated in the Mediterranean for thousands of years. They are good cold or hot, at home in a stew, soup or casserole, or without adornment in a salad or pasta.
- The Elizavegan Page: Chickpeas In A (Magically) Toasty, Nutty Sauce
- How could chickpeas, almonds, and sesame be bad? It couldn't! Let's launch into it, then. Toasted sesame, cumin, and mustard seeds? Check! Toasted almonds? Check! OK, let's?.oh wait. Put it in a food processor along with the chickpeas? ...
- The Culinary Chase: Honey Ginger Chicken with Chickpeas
- A food blog by a peripatetic Canadian now back in Canada discovering cuisine from around the world with postings from my own recipe collection.Your description.
- Curried Chickpeas for the impatient « Kate in the Kitchen
- This recipe for highly pungent -and fast cooked- Curried Chickpeas has the warm spices of those stalwarts without the long waiting period. Now I could have used dried chickpeas for a slight flavor edge but in a pinch, for this eager ...
Kitchenware
Presto 8-Quart Stainless Steel Pressure Cooker
Amazon Price: $49.99 (as of 11/10/2009)
Le Creuset 16-Quart Stockpot, Blue
Amazon Price: $119.95 (as of 11/10/2009)
Oster BPST02-B Professional Series Blender, Black
Amazon Price: $57.85 (as of 11/10/2009)
Hamilton Beach 33134 3-in-1 Slow Cooker with 2-, 4-, and 6-Quart Crocks
Amazon Price: $60.53 (as of 11/10/2009)
Rick Bayless Bean Pot, Sol
Amazon Price: (as of 11/10/2009)
Grow Your Own Bean Spouts From Chickpeas
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Comments
AppalachianCountry wrote...
Fantastic lens. We are big fans of chickpeas. Thank-you for the wonderful recipes. 5 stars*****
Posted September 29, 2009
Janiece wrote...
Your recipes look great! Welcome to Vegetarian Bean Recipes.
Posted August 25, 2009
ILoveNature wrote...
I like to smash my chic peas, add spices and make patties. Make a sandwich and add lettuce, tomato...
Kind of like a falafel.
Posted July 28, 2009
MichaelJLee wrote...
I love working with chickpeas. They have the best flavor of any legume. Some chefs recommend using their cooking liquid as a vegetarian stock
Posted July 20, 2009
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