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Breakfast Tempered Chickpeas

April 4, 2010

I honestly didn’t think of eating chickpeas for breakfast, but then, I previously hadn’t considered eating mung beans for breakfast, and yet mung beans work well for breakfast – Fahim loves it. … Well, to be honest, I didn’t realize at first that Fahim’s mom intended the chickpeas to be for breakfast. … That, and I think it might be because someone pointed it out to me. :D Tempered Chickpeas Serves 4-5 Ingredients 2-3 tablespoons oil 1 small onion, sliced 1 sprig curry leaves 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds 2 teaspoons crushed red chilli peppers OR 5 dried red chillies, broken into pieces 1 – 1 1/2 teaspoon salt 300 grams dried chickpeas, cooked and drained (or about 600 grams cooked chickpeas) 200 grams coconut, freshly shredded (optional) Directions Put the oil into a hot pot.

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Hummous or Hummus or Hamos or…

August 21, 2009

Houmous or hommos or hommus or hummos or humus… To me, it’s all the same thing. A great dish. Hummous is a Middle Eastern dish made predominantly from chickpeas (aka garbanzo beans, gram) and other ingredients like tahini (sesame paste), olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, and seasonings. Its origins are unclear, although, according to Wikipedia: [...]

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