Crusty Middle Eastern Chickpeas flavoured with nutty fenugreek and bittersweet cumin, tangy sumac and sweet mint.
Get your tastebuds to explode. And, indulge in something crunchy.
This dish will burst any belief that vegan food can’t be super nutritious.
Make this:
- When you fancy a quick luncheon layered with a seasonal spring salad
- When you’ve just had a hike across a country field and you’ve returned to the cottage you’re staying
- When you fancy a Middle Eastern belly dancing evening as you sway your hips and torso to the sound of the fiddle
Middle Eastern Chickpeas was inspired by munching on flatbreads filled with lashings of chickpeas while meandering the streets of Istanbul.
Found in Turkey these chickpeas have spread throughout the Middle East, Europe and Asia.
Middle Eastern Chickpeas is vegan.
What equipment to use
For this recipe, I suggest:
Stove
Pressure cooker
What to do next
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Ingredients
- 200g chick peas, dried
- 1 onion
- 1tbs fenugreek, seeds
- 2tbs cumin, seeds
- 2tsb olive oil
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1tbs sumac
- 1tbs mint, dried
- ½ tsp ginger, ground
- 1 medium tomato
- 300ml water
Instructions
- Soak the chickpeas in filtered water overnight. Set to one side.
- Grind the fenugreek and cumin seeds and set to one side.
- Sauté the onions in olive oil until the translucent. Add in the seeds, sumac, ginger and 50ml of water and form a paste. Cook for a couple of minutes. Transfer to a pressure cooker.
- Add in the chickpeas, mint, water, tomato and remaining water. Pressure cook the chickpeas for 25 minutes.
- Serve warm.
