A tin of chickpeas. ..

[sparklefarts]

.. Has been lingering in my cupboard for a while.

I've never cooked chickpeas before.

What shall I do with them??

Roast them in the oven with oil and garam masala.

Obvious answer is hummus! If not a tagine with lamb or chicken or a soup with chorizo and greens.

I've just chucked a tin into the curry. I like them in morrocan dishes too. Im pretty sure homemade hummus is tastier than shop bought stuff.

Use them in a curry. And save the liquid from the tin, and whisk it up! It behaves like egg whites and you can make yourself a lovely vegan chocolate mousse for afters!

They make a good curry.

make hummous; add to onions, garlic, cumin and a bit of chilli, and a bag of spinach with veg stock to make a lovely soup; add to a tomato-ey lamb stew; make a cauliflower and chickpea curry. They're delicious!

Cross post!

Tucan chickpea soup. Fry some chopped garlic and add the blitzed chickpeas and a tin of chopped toms, and some water or veg stock. Simmer for 5 minutes, then add some soup pasta and simmer for another 10 mins. Stir in some chopped rosemary at the end.

Let them into your life, OP, and learn to love them. Chickpeas rock.

Drain them, put some oil on them then roast for about 15 mins medium oven until golden. Then add smoked paprika and salt and I also like a bit of honey. They are amazing.

Sweet potato and chick pea curry
Falafels
Hummus
Stew

God I'm hungry

Ooooh thank you!

I now wish I had lots of tins of chickpeas to try all of your ideas!

Roast them with oil and smoked paprika. Add some chopped halloumi for the last 15 minutes cooking time.

Slice a red onion, chop a tomato and pickle them with some white wine vinegar and a pinch of sugar.

Mash an avocado with lime juice and coriander.

Put all three things into a tortilla wrap and enjoy.

Chickpea, tomato and sausage casserole is a great cheap winter meal.

Or make a winter salad with diced beetroot, chickpeas and white or spring onions.

Soup, sausage casserole and curry are what I use them for most

I like them in a ratatouille type stew, with spices and served with couscous.

I love them fried with onion and pepper and maybe a bit of cumin, then eaten in a tortilla wrap.

Make bolognese type sauce or chili. Chuck can in at the same time as the liquid. Basically add to any meat stew type dish to enable it to serve 50% more people.

Gluten free brownies! ...these are good!

Fry an onion, add sliced chorizo and fry some more, add drained chickpeas and a tin of chopped tomatoes. Simmer, eat with nice bread. Spanish classic.

Or add to any curry. Or use instead of kidney beans in chilli con carne because kidney beans are rank and chick peas are delicious.

Chana masala. The recipe on the Smitten Kitchen site is good, although I follow the advice of a comment made by "Purnima" for cooking the spice mixture.

Use them instead of meat in any curry recipe.

Or chuck them into your favourite ready made curry sauce with a bag of spinach for the fastest meal in the history of fast meals.

Use in a salad. Really filling.

Finely chop a cup each of Red pepper, cucumber, Broccoli, one shallot, half cup feta and half cup of walnuts. Add tin of chickpeas.

Mustard, maple, white wine vinegar and olive oil dressing.

Serve with chicken /tuna / ham.

Drain them dry then fry till crispy with some diced peppers, garlic, courgettes, spring onion or whatever you fancy then eat them with toasted pitta bread.
Drain, add to large sauté pan with some vegetable stock and heat. Put frozen white fish fillets on the top to steam, leave the lid on for a bit till the fish is cooked. Serve with broccoli or something green. This is very quick and looks like you've made an effort

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1233/fragrant-chicken-curry-with-chick-peas

Thats the one I do