• TrudeauCastroson [he/him]
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    8 months ago

    Do you soak the dried chickpeas before cooking? How many cups of dried chickpeas do you usually use roughly?

    I bought 8kg of chickpeas for like 5USD and now idk what to do with them because it involves planning

    • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]
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      8 months ago

      Yes, I soak the chickpeas overnight, I use like 1 cup dry. More than that and my food processor has a bad time

      You can probably find a recipe on the web to help with the numbers. Salt, paprika, sumac, and pepper are all like, a lil dash "to taste" Everything else is real amounts. I'd say chickpeas:tahini is probably like a 6:1 ratio? Tahini:lemon maybe 1:1?

      Again, I just kinda eyeball it based on consistency and taste.

      So, apparently 1 cup of dry chickpeas is 3 cups cooked so next time I do this, I'll try to measure amounts and write up a recipe, but here's my guess. Try it and lemme know how it goes!


      3 cups cooked chickpeas (cooked with 1tsp baking soda.)

      I guess half a cup tahini

      juice of 1 big lemon and a little shred of zest

      A solid "gluggle" of olive oil

      2-3 cloves garlic, depending on size (all the recipes i see online say 1 clove lmao no)

      like a teaspoon of cumin

      Aquafaba, amount will vary, use to correct texture

      salt, smoked paprika, sumac, pepper to taste

      • LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]
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        8 months ago

        For anyone wanting to shortcut with canned chickpea. 3 cups ~ 2 15oz cans. Pop them with the aquafaba (the bean water) in the microwave for a bit to soften them if needed.