Saturday, August 24, 2013

Better than chips: spicy roast chick peas


Great snack! 

Ingredients
  • Dried chickpeas, soaked and boiled until soft
  • Olive oil
  • Rock salt
  • Dry spice mix eg cajun


Make sure the chick peas are dry, then mix with splash of olive oil, salt and spices.  Line a baking tray with paper, toss in the chick peas and bake for about 15 minutes. 

I've been meaning to try making these for a long time. They are worth the wait. I'll be making these on a regular basis from now on in. 

Note: cooking with dried chick peas is quite a bit of work. You need to soak them overnight and then they take about an hour to boil.  I recommend you do this however because you'll hardly believe they are supposed to be the same as canned chick peas. These are bigger, have a nicer texture and taste so much better. The way around the time lag and effort is to cook up a big batch and freeze them. They will be ready anytime you need them with no loss of flavour or texture.  


PS: I ate the whole bowl!!

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