Tag: canned chickpeas
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Quick Northern Style Chickpeas Recipe with Fresh Green Chutney
I’ve been making this simple chickpea dish a lot lately from one of my latest cookbook acquisitions Madhur Jaffrey’s Vegetarian India. One of the pantry staples in my vegetarian dinner rotation is the humble can of chickpeas and I’ve used A LOT of cans of chickpeas over the years. This recipe uses the liquid from…
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Frugal Chana Masala Recipe for Worker’s Curry | Meera Sodha
I wouldn’t say I’m enjoying the high fruit and vegetable prices at the moment but it has given me an re-newed appreciation of the range of veggies we’ve been used to having at our fingertips for so long. In this age of relative scarcity (even frozen vegtables are hard to come by) I’m wasting way…
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Flavorful Channa Masala Recipe with Canned Chickpeas
This is one of those great vegetarian dishes that can be dressed up or down according to need. Canned chickpeas make this a good store cupboard meal and it’s also simple enough to make as a week night meal. Served with a dollop of yogurt and some rice that’s dinner done. But add – a…
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Broad Bean and Chickpea Fritters with Fragrant Green Tahini
It’s broad bean season and I never feel I do fresh broad beans justice but I’m trying to change that this year. If you get over the hassle of the double peeling they are a fantastic celebration of spring. This broad bean and chickpea fritters are similar to falafel but they don’t require all the…
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Nivik: Armenian Chickpeas and Spinach Recipe
This recipe comes from one of my tried and true cooking bibles Tess Mallos’s – The Complete Middle Eastern Cookbook. First published in 1979 and republished over 45 times since, it remains one of the great iconic Australian cookbooks and has influenced generations of home cooks. The great thing about Tess Mallos’s book and the…
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Quick and Easy Green Hummus
I’ve made a lot of hummus in my time. Now the absolute best hummus is made with freshly-cooked chickpeas and ground when the chickpeas are freshly cooked. It’s even better if you use those tiny, nuggety organic chickpeas which are packed with flavour. I’ve got a couple of recipes for hummus on this site including…
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The Back Yard Lemon Tree 