Author Topic: tips for chickpea filling? (Read 1436 times)

Tiffany · « **on:** February 11, 2013, 05:27:54 AM »

I've been looking up vegetarian picnic food. A couple recommend chickpea filling for sandwiches. Do you have any tips on using them?

Cheryl · « **Reply #1 on:** February 11, 2013, 08:08:28 AM »

Quote from: Tiffany

I've been looking up vegetarian picnic food. A couple recommend chickpea filling for sandwiches. Do you have any tips on using them?

Tiffany, do you mean the chickpea filling/dip, hummus? If you do, pita bread would be a better bet for the bread used for the sandwich.

Nadir · « **Reply #2 on:** February 11, 2013, 02:52:35 PM »

Hey Tiffany, we had a chickpea curry last night. It was delicious and I could, if I wished, just whizz it to make a spread.

Ingredients: soaked and cooked chickpeas (I think they are called garbanzo in the US), onion, garlic, powdered tumeric, cuмmin, coriander, sweet paprika, chili and salt, tomatoes and sweet potato (kumari).
:chef:

Telesphorus · « **Reply #3 on:** February 13, 2013, 10:41:28 PM »

You're making us hungry during Lent.

I'm thinking of a middle-eastern restaurant I would go to in college.

Falafel is good too.

Nadir · « **Reply #4 on:** February 13, 2013, 11:34:33 PM »

Quote from: Telesphorus

You're making us hungry during Lent.

I'm thinking of a middle-eastern restaurant I would go to in college.

Falafel is good too.

Oh! come on Tele, chickpea curry is a lenten food!

BTW, we had brown rice with red kidney beans for lunch.

Tiffany · « **Reply #5 on:** February 21, 2013, 10:19:16 AM »

I don't know what I did wrong and they are edible but not as as soft as expected. I'm used to cooking dry beans too. :confused1:

I baked half for an oven fried chickpea snack. The other half I tried to blend. It is was new blender that didn't blend much and is going back! It kept turning off that power too so I had to run back to the circuit breaker twice.

I gave up and put them in a small pot and mashed them with a spoon. :chef:
I'm really pleased with the amount of spread the mashed chickpeas made. There is enough for 3 sandwiches.

Tiffany · « **Reply #6 on:** October 26, 2013, 06:49:12 AM »

I'm having another go at chickpeas today.

soulguard · « **Reply #7 on:** October 26, 2013, 06:52:39 AM »

Thumbs up for you for eating healthy! :nunchaku:

Jaynek · « **Reply #8 on:** October 26, 2013, 07:42:29 AM »

I notice a big difference in texture when I cook chickpeas from scratch as opposed to using them from a can.

Tiffany · « **Reply #9 on:** October 26, 2013, 07:43:26 AM »

Quote from: Jaynek

I notice a big difference in texture when I cook chickpeas from scratch as opposed to using them from a can.

Jayne how do you use them?

Jaynek · « **Reply #10 on:** October 26, 2013, 10:49:58 AM »

I have not had much success with making hummus, but I use them in tabouli. Also my family, especially my husband, likes eating them plain as a snack food.