We cook chickpeas according to the step-by-step recipe with photo

Kitchen appliances and utensils

a bowl,
spoon,
pan.

Ingredients

Chickpeas - 200 g
Purified water - 800 ml
Salt to taste

Step cooking

With this step-by-step recipe with photos and recommendations, you can cook chickpeas correctly:

To begin with, pour the chickpeas in cold water and leave for at least 4 hours, and you can pour in the evening so that he stays in the water all night. After such a soaking, it is not necessary to add soda during cooking, since when the chickpeas are soaked in water, all the carbon dioxide that is in the fruit reacts with the water and exits. It is possible to drain the water while soaking and pour fresh.
Drain the water, rinse the chickpeas and pour into a saucepan. Fill with water and set on fire. Add salt to taste. If desired, you can not salt. Bring to a boil, remove the foam.
Reduce the heat and cook until tender, covering it with a lid. Depending on the type of chickpea, it can cook for 40-60 minutes.
If you cook the chickpea without soaking, it is recommended to rinse it, add water and cook for 10 minutes over high heat, then reduce the heat to a minimum and simmer for another 1 hour under a closed lid, adding a pinch of soda. When the chickpeas are boiled, drain the water.
To remove the shell from the peas, fill the cooked chickpeas with cold water and clean them off with our hands, while the films are well removed. But it is not necessary to do this, moreover, the chickpea shell contains useful substances. Ready and cooled chickpeas can be used to prepare various tasty and healthy dishes. Enjoy your meal!

Food options

Turkish chickpeas are used to prepare many delicious dishes. Below you will find examples of dishes that use this product:

stewed chicken with chickpeas, onions, tomatoes and spices;
boiled chickpeas fried in vegetable oil with spices;
cold appetizer hummus (chickpea, zira, garlic, olive oil, lemon juice);
falafel (chickpeas, breadcrumbs, onions, spices);
chickpeas (boiled chickpeas with onions, herbs and spices);
stewed eggplant with chickpeas;
stewed vegetables with chickpeas and spices;
salad of chickpeas, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, herbs;
chickpea cutlets;
chickpea soups;
vegetable pilaf from chickpeas, mushrooms, eggplant, rice and spices;
pork stewed with chickpeas and vegetables;
chickpeas sweets with cinnamon, nuts and cocoa.

You can use Turkish chickpeas to prepare various dishes, using spices, herbs, vegetables, meat to your liking.

Video recipe

We suggest watching a video recipe on how to properly cook chickpeas so that it is as healthy as possible. The author of the plot tells and demonstrates all the stages of preparation, also gives advice and recommendations.

Dear readers, do you like bean dishes? We suggest boiling chickpeas according to the step-by-step recipe from this article. And how do you usually cook Turkish chickpeas? What foods, in your opinion, are best combined with this food? Share recipes for the dishes you cook from it. We look forward to your cooking options, reviews and comments.