Chickpea
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This nutty-flavored pea is a staple of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisine, where it's used to make everything from hummus to minestrone soup. Many cooks buy them canned, since the dried peas are hard and take a long time to soak and cook.
Also known as
- Chick-pea
- Garbanzo bean
- Garbanzo pea
- Garbonzo bean
- White chickpea
- Ceci bean
- Cici bean
- Egyptian pea
- Kabuli channa
- Kabli chana
- Kabli channa
- Pois chiches
- Chole
Substitutes
great northern beans (for hummus) OR lima beans OR black chickpeas
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