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Chickpea and Tomato Stew
vegetables

Chickpea and Tomato Stew

A rich chickpea stew in a seasoned tomato sauce with garlic and cilantro. A tasty, nourishing vegetarian dish

⏱ 45 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Fried onion

  1. 1
    Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveLarge pot
  2. 2
    Add the onion and fry for 8 minutes, stirring, until it is golden.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
    💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.

To assemble

  1. 3
    Add the garlic, cumin, turmeric, paprika, chili pepper, salt and black pepper and stir.
  2. 4
    Add the tomatoes and water and cook 10 minutes.
    Stove
  3. 5
    Add the chickpeas and bring to a boil.
    Stove
  4. 6
    Turn down the heat, cover and simmer 15 minutes, until the sauce thickens.
    ⚙ SimmeringStoveLid
    💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
  5. 7
    Sprinkle the cilantro on top.
  6. 8
    Serve the stew with fresh bread.
289calories
10 gprotein
26 gcarbs
13 gfat
● protein 15%● carbs 39%● fat 45%

Per serving (284 g), of 4 servings

For the Fried onion · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (3) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Large pot · Also works: Pot (Cook in two batches)
  • Lid · Also works: Aluminum foil (tight aluminum foil) · Plate (an upside-down plate)

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