I soaked them for at least 16 hours, and they were still a bit hard. Maybe because I bought "raw" chickpeas.

Now I'm giving them a slow boil, and they look much better.

    • ButtBidet [he/him]
      hexagon
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      5 days ago

      So I can use them as hummus ingredients and it'll be fine?

      • toys_are_back_in_town [comrade/them, she/her]
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        5 days ago

        lmao, I had a feeling you were making hummus and was thinking about posting "i love how oct 7 has made more people learn to make hummus than ever"

        I hate being right all the time, it's a curse

        anyway, keep boiling them until the skins fall off, then use a strainer or whatever you have to skim them off. The skins are perfectly edible if you can find another use for them, but removing them will yield a smoother hummus.

  • dannoffs [he/him]
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    5 days ago

    Pretty much all dried beans you have to soak and then cook.

    • blight [he/him]
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      5 days ago

      just remember some require extra care like longer soak or changing the water a couple times

  • SuperNovaCouchGuy2 [any]
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    5 days ago

    Dried chickpeas are inedible as they are. In South Asia, a certain species is split and fried with other aromatics when making curry.

    If you soak them they absorb moisture and become soaked chickpeas, but they are still inedible as they are. Please make sure to drain and wash these before using them.

    If you take soaked chickpeas and process them with aromatics and spices, you can make falafel.

    If you take soaked chickpeas and boil/pressure cook them until soft, you get boiled chickpeas. These are edible as they are, this is what comes out of the canned chickpeas tins.

    You can do whatever you want with boiled chickpeas. Bake them, hummus them, stew them, mash and deep fry them, endless possibilities.

    Remember to check the safety instructions whenever you deal with beans!

  • Barx [none/use name]
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    5 days ago

    Hell yeah.

    Cook them extra long to get softer hummus. If you are very dedicated to getting a perfect texture also remove the skins once cooked.

  • RNAi [he/him]
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    4 days ago

    To speed up the softening when cooking add a bit of baking soda to the water

    And/or use a pressure cooker

    Pressure cooker + baking soda allows to cook them right away from dry BUTT it's always good to soak them and wash them before cooking cuz they emanate "antinutritional" natural chemicals to the soaking water, plus less cooking time