Questions tagged [chickpeas]
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What is the difference between chickpeas and garbanzo beans?
Almost everywhere on the internet I see that garbanzo beans and chickpeas are the same thing. Here on Seasoned Advice I also see that the tag chickpeas comes up when you type "garbanzo". So I guess they're considered the same here?
Today I came…
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When soaking chickpeas (garbanzo beans), do I discard floaters?
When I put my dried chickpeas in water to soak, some of them float. Should I throw these ones away, or are they okay?
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White foam when cooking chickpeas, what to do with it?
When cooking chickpeas, what should one do with the white foam?
I've heard that some remove it as it comes. But is this really necessary, since the water is filtered from the chickpeas when they are done?
Thanks in advance!
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Slightly undercooked chickpeas
I have cooked some chickpeas and then frozen them. They taste as if they are slightly undercooked.
If I now defrost and cook them further, can I expect them to soften more?
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How to Prepare Chickpea Purée from a Can?
I got a can of "chickpea purée with sesame paste" (though the English name on the can seems to be "chickpeas with sesame purée"), produced by Baktat, as a gift. It is this product.
The can specifies the ingredients in various languages, but fails to…
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Why did my Chickpea water congeal?
I cooked a bag of chickpeas in a slow cooker, just water and the peas.
Once the peas were soft I ate them with the water they were cooked in, like a bean soup.
Once that cooled the "soup" congealed like jello.
I didn't know it would do that. Is that…
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