How to Cook Dried Chickpeas - Easy Hummus Recipe

hello everyone today we're going to show you how to prepare a giant chicken a simple and easy step-by-step tutorial by the end of this video you'll learn how to properly soaked and boiled dry chickpeas the way it's prepared in breakfast shops across the Levant we'll also be sharing tips on how to easily store them now there are many methods out there on the subject but this is certainly our preferred method to always get the best evenly cooked and soft chickpeas so stick around and hit the subscribe button to support our channel now we're gonna start with 500 grams of dried chickpeas we'll cover them in water and let them soak for two to three hours the soaking process will have pre hydrate the chickpeas as well as make them more digestible that is to say it helps the crease the effects of bloating in two to three hours you'll see the water will turn yellow and murky in color pour it off and rinse the chickpeas now chickpeas are a healthy and versatile ingredient that is very common in the level there are these small breakfast shops that are purely devoted to preparing and selling chickpea dishes I remember on my days off from school I used to go sometimes to these homeless shops for breakfast where I would treat myself to one of the many how most base dishes they have on their menu the cook would take a few ladles of chickpeas from a gently simmering pot to prepare his dishes if you want to check out what we are referring to mark Greene's actually featured one of our favorite hummus shops in Lebanon will include the link to his video in the description box below now back to our chickpeas we're gonna soak them again with clean water and double their amount by volume they'll increase in size so make sure they have enough space to expand stir in a tablespoon of coarse salt and then soak overnight for about 12 hours the salt will help break down the outer skin of the chickpeas and make them softer next day the chickpeas have soaked up some of the water and as you can see have increased in size we will pour them into a colander and rinse with clean water now many people mistakenly use the word Hamas to refer to the well-known chickpea dip with lemon and tahini though Hamas is just Arabic for chickpeas and does not refer to that dip in particular that chickpea dip would be called Hamas Metheny now after washing remove here any bad chickpeas will then sprinkle a tablespoon of baking soda and mix well let the chickpeas sit in the colander for 15 minutes baking soda here does two things first it acts on the chickpea skin to soften them and second it helps decrease the effects of bloating that many people may experience when having chickpeas after 15 minutes wash the chickpeas very well from baking soda put them in a pot and cover with water doubled their amount by volume toss in a cinnamon stick to give the chickpeas a nice aroma alternatively you can use a giant bay leaf now bring the pot boil and simmer covered or semi covered on low heat for about an hour every now and then keep skimming off the white scum that rises to the surface depending on the chickpeas it may take from 45 to 90 minutes for them to cook well and become soft so make sure to test them every now and then hours took about an hour and 10 minutes when the chickpeas are soft and easily squished between your fingers take them out and they're ready to use now while it may seem convenient to use canned chickpeas dried chickpeas are a greatly superior in taste quality and nutritional value it's also much more economic so it's really worth the effort of preparing dried chickpeas yourself and it's not really that much effort anyway as you saw okay so do you have to do this every time you want to make a chickpea dish no boiled chickpeas freeze really well you can let the chickpeas cool down then put them in a ziploc bag and freeze them we usually prepare a batch of two kilograms of dried chickpeas and freeze them in batches and there you have it perfectly cooked chickpeas that are ready for your next delicious chickpea dish you can check out our channel and blog lemon lemon for delicious chickpea based recipes we really hope you enjoyed this video if you did be sure your comments hit the like button and subscribe to our channel for more videos

Channel: Lemon Laimoon

Views: 194,171

Keywords: chickpeas, hummus, humus, vegan, vegetarian, healthy, soak, boil, baking soda, levant, pulses, legumes

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Length: 4min 38sec (278 seconds)

Published: Sun May 31 2020