Chickpea is a type of pea popular in Asian countries. He appeared in our country relatively recently, but he was already highly praised for his excellent taste characteristics and health benefits.
Beans have a lot of vitamin B, there is magnesium, potassium, iron, calcium, fiber. Chickpeas improves the digestive tract and the cardiovascular system, helps to normalize cholesterol, strengthens the immune system, is an antidepressant, and increases brain activity.
Features of the preparation of chickpeas
Chickpeas are combined with many vegetables and spices. Therefore, the scope for imagination is great. Chickpeas with vegetables can be stewed in a cauldron, baked in the oven, cooked in the form of vegetable stew. There are a lot of recipes for chickpeas with vegetables, and all of them are win-win.
The following vegetables will be excellent companions of beans:
- potatoes;
- Tomatoes
- carrot;
- cauliflower;
- White cabbage;
- zucchini;
- corn;
- pumpkin;
- turnip onions;
- Bell pepper.
From greens, it is good to add spinach, celery, parsley, cilantro, thyme, from spices - coriander, ginger, zira, mustard, caraway seeds.
In chickpea recipes with vegetables, you can include mushrooms, meat, chicken.
A few simple tips:
- To make the chickpeas cook faster, it must first be soaked for 12 hours.
- To make the beans soft, you need to salt them at the end of cooking.
- To reduce gas formation, it is recommended to drain the water two to three times during the cooking process.
In the oven
If you are thinking about how to cook delicious chickpeas, feel free to use this recipe.
Products:
- 400 g chickpeas;
- eggplant;
- zucchini;
- three cloves of garlic;
- two red peppers;
- two potato tubers;
- bulb;
- 400 g of tomatoes;
- a spoonful of coriander seeds;
- four tablespoons of olive oil;
- a bunch of cilantro.
Cooking:
- Soak the chickpeas for 24 hours.
- Dice tomatoes, eggplant and zucchini in circles, onions in half rings.
- Coarsely chop the cilantro, cut the garlic into thin slices.
- Peel, chop and fry the potatoes in a pan for 5-7 minutes.
- Turn on the oven and heat it to 220 ° C.
- Put all the vegetables in a large form, top with chickpeas, then pour coriander, pour in olive oil, salt and finally pepper.
- Bake for about 35-40 minutes. Stir twice.
- When the vegetables turn brownish, put cilantro.
- Reduce heat, add tomatoes and simmer for about 10 minutes.
- Sprinkle the finished dish with olive oil.
Baked chickpeas with vegetables in the oven are served warm with flat bread or fresh bread.
We just cook
This is a quick recipe for chickpeas with vegetables. If you soak the beans in the evening, then the next day you will need to do a few simple manipulations and you can enjoy excellent taste.
Required:
- a glass of chickpea;
- vegetables: asparagus, corn, carrots;
- 2 glasses of water;
- olive oil;
- a mixture of peppers, curry, turmeric;
- some hard cheese;
- salt.
How to cook:
- Soak the chickpeas in the evening. So it will cook much faster.
- Pour olive oil into the pan, then add water and stew vegetables for about ten minutes.
- Put the chickpeas to the vegetables, season with salt, add seasonings and simmer until cooked (the total stew time is about 25-30 minutes).
- Before serving, sprinkle the dish with grated cheese.
Chickpea Stew with Vegetables
For 6 servings you will need:
- 400 g chickpeas;
- two tablespoons of olive oil;
- large onion;
- three cloves of garlic;
- a piece of yellow and red sweet pepper;
- red pepper (finely chopped) - half a teaspoon;
- 2.5 l of vegetable broth;
- 400 g of peeled tomatoes in their own juice;
- parsley.
Cooking:
- Soak the peas in plenty of water at night. Boil and drain the water in the morning. Cook for 30-40 minutes.
- Heat oil in a pan, fry onions for five minutes until golden brown, then put chopped garlic, mix, cook one more minute.
- Pour in olive oil, put sweet pepper slices and hot red pepper, mix and cook for another five minutes.
- When the sweet pepper becomes soft, put the tomatoes (you can add a pinch of sugar). Then pour in the broth and put the chickpeas.
- When it boils, reduce the heat and simmer over low heat to make the sauce thick. In time it will take about 30 minutes.
Put the prepared stew in plates and sprinkle with chopped parsley.
Chickpeas with Chicken
Another delicious recipe is chickpeas with vegetables and chicken.
Products:
- skinless chicken thighs - 8 pieces;
- onion-turnip - 3 onions;
- zucchini - 2 pcs;
- average carrots - 3 pcs.;
- chicken stock - 1.5 cups;
- canned chickpeas - 1 can (440 g);
- tomatoes in own. juice - 400 g;
- ginger - 0.5 tsp;
- ground cinnamon - 0.25 tsp;
- turmeric - 0.25 tsp;
- ground chili - a pinch;
- salt;
- ground black pepper.
How to cook:
- Rinse canned chickpeas and dry.
- Cut the onion into thin rings, carrot into small cubes, each zucchini into four pieces.
- Put chicken thighs in a pan, followed by carrots, onions and tomatoes. Pour in the broth, half a glass of water, then add ginger, cinnamon, turmeric, chili, salt and black pepper.
- Put on the stove, wait for the boil, cover and simmer for about a quarter of an hour. Then add zucchini and put the pan in the oven. Stew chickpeas with chicken and vegetables in the oven for another 15 minutes. If there is no zucchini, you can take bell peppers or eggplant.
Chickpea with vegetables and chicken is ready. Couscous is served as a side dish, stewed vegetables are placed on a plate, chicken is placed on top and watered with broth.
Chickpeas stewed with vegetables
The recipe for this dish is quite simple.
Products:
- 50 g chickpeas;
- one tomato;
- bulb;
- one bell pepper;
- three cloves of garlic;
- parsley;
- olive oil;
- salt;
- pepper.
How to cook:
- Soak chickpeas for 12 hours (water is 2 times more than peas) so that it swells. Then drain the water. You can soak it all night.
- Boil peas in slightly salted water (in a ratio of 1: 2). Cooking time - 40 minutes.
- Throw the peas in a colander.
- Wash vegetables, peel, chop finely.
- Crush garlic under a press, finely chop parsley.
- Fry onions and carrots in a pan in vegetable oil.
- Add bell peppers and tomatoes and sauté for another ten minutes.
- When the vegetables are soft, put the chickpeas, parsley and garlic in them. Then salt, add black pepper and continue to simmer another five to seven minutes.
Serve warm with fresh bread.
Now you know how to cook delicious chickpeas.