Real African Dishes: [MC-AllEthnic-Recipes] Turkish Garbanzo Beans

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

[MC-AllEthnic-Recipes] Turkish Garbanzo Beans - Nohut

* Exported from MasterCook *

Turkish Garbanzo Beans - Nohut

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Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Vegan

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 can garbanzo beans -- (I prefer using organic dry garbanzo beans; they absolutely taste better than canned ones. I cook them for 40 minutes in my smart pressure cooker. You can also soak them in water overnight and then boil for an hour or two before you start cooking)
1 onion -- diced
2 green peppers -- chopped
1 can diced tomato -- or 2 grated fresh tomatoes
1 tablespoon pepper paste -- or tomato paste (or 1/2 tbsp pepper + 1/2 tbsp tomato)
2 tablespoons oil -- (olive, corn, butter)
salt & black pepper
To taste: -- any other spice you want--to spice up garbanzos: crushed peppers, green or red chili powder, etc.
1 carrot -- chopped in half rounds or diced (optional)

Heat the oil in a pot and then add first onions, then green peppers (if you want carrots, add them with peppers). Stir on medium heat for 4-5 minutes

Add the paste. After two minutes of stirring, add tomatoes and cook for 4-5 minutes.

Now it's time for garbanzo beans, salt & pepper, other spices, and hot water (enough to cover). Cook for 20-25 minutes on low heat. If you're using a pressure cooker, cook for 10 minutes.

Serve with rice.

If you want to try this recipe with stew [favorites] add the [favorites] in between onions and peppers and cook until the meat changes its color; it would be probably between 5-7 minutes.

Serves 4 -6 as a part of a mezze plate, starter

Cuisine:
"Turkish"
Source:
"almostturkishrecipes.blogspot.com"
S(Formatted by Chupa Babi):
"Dec 2010"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 289 Calories; 10g Fat (30.6% calories from fat); 11g Protein; 41g Carbohydrate; 11g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 26mg Sodium. Exchanges: 2 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 2 Vegetable; 1 1/2 Fat.

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 26564 0 0 0 0