How long to cook soaked chick-peas for?

[Pruni]

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cooking chick peas depends on how old they were

I find they can take anywhere between 45 mins - 2 hours.

I never soak red lentils, you don't need to.

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No need to soak red lentils. When you cook your chickpeas, boil them really hard for the first ten minutes, then turn the heat down and cook gently. As Enid says, the time varies but I find it usually takes just over an hour once you turn the heat down.

I do chick peas overnight

I always pressure cook chick peas after soaking them - only takes 8-10 mins, pretty much regardless of how old they are.

Nigella Lawson has a very good recipe in "How to Eat" for soaking chick peas - involves mixing floup and bicarb in the soaking water: guarantees to soften them.

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LOL pruni

Sorry, have a bit of a "thing" for chick peas! Moondog and MI gave me some great recipes about 6 months ago, if you search in the archives.

yes the bicarb in the soaking water really works and a tomato is also good

I open a can!!