So, I have five pounds of dried chickpeas...

[Pariah]

...what to do with them? We started out with eight pounds and made a ton of hummus already. My next idea is to cook them and put them through the food processor to make vegan "tuna" sandwiches (mashed up the chickpeas and use vegan mayo and whatever other normal tuna spices/toppings you like, serve on toast), but other than that I don't have any amazing ideas. Suggestions?

Thanks!

[rhiOrion]

chick pea and tomato salad?

http://redbeansandwhippedcream.wordp...-tomato-salad/

If you're vegan you could play with it to make it how you want

[Arduinna]

channa masala
harrira

[Magelet]

I'd cook a bunch and eat them in salads (particularly taco salad with chickpeas). Also, cooking them then draining and frying with some spices is really yummy.

Honestly, I'd just keep them and make hummus every other week or so.

[mum4vr]

'K, when I saw the title pop up, I said (prolly aloud) "Hummus! Hummus is YUMMY!"

Then I read that of course, you're bored of hummus already... so...

That chickpea and tomato sounds good, too. I use them in everything-- like chickpeas and hominy, taco salad, like a PP said, add to soups, add to cooked rice or barley, make other kinds of dips and spreads (very good when cooled and processed w parmasan, garlic and italian seasoning on crackers and veggies.)

OH! and sprouts! Chick peas make excellent sprouts-- very crunchy-- eat alone, in salads or add to bread dough.

One mom I know ferments them, but I am a fermentation novice, and ours tasted nasty when I tried (hers are always great)...

Cool thread; now I want to see what everyone says. c:

blessings

[homemademom]

I like them in a cold salad with rice, cucumber, tomato, olives, and feta with red wine or balsamic vinegar and olive oil. You could add some fresh basil, too.

[rhiOrion]

oh yeah, and you can dry them with some spices and they're good that way (I guess you'd want to cook them and then dry them? not sure)

[MaryMarg]

I cook them in the crock pot during a long day, then freeze them in meal-sized portions to add to stir fry, rice, serve as a simple snack, add to salads, etc. Also, found this neat recipe in Eating Well:

Spiced Chickpea "Nuts"
Toss 15 oz of chickpeas with 1 T EVOO, 2 t. cumin, 1 t dried marjoram and 1/4 t each ground allspice and salt. Spread on baking sheet and bake at 450 in upper 1/3 of the oven, stirring once or twice until browned and crunchy, 25-30 min. Let cool on baking sheet 15 min.

These were delicious but mine didn't keep well overnight--were soggy the next day even after storage in airtight jar.

[meemee]

how abot chickpea flour?

dd and i eat gobs and gobs of chickpeas. sometimes like a steak and potato dinner we have a chickpea and salad or chickpea and steamed veggie dinner.

all i do is boil the chickpeas in onion, gobs and gobs of fresh garlic, fresh ginger, some pepper and salt. we eat it by the bowlfuls.

though we are the kind that sometimes just eat them straight out of hte cans :