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Creamy Black Chickpea Soup: Easy Recipe for a Flavorful Evening Snack
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News18•26-09-2026, 16:42
Creamy Black Chickpea Soup: Easy Recipe for a Flavorful Evening Snack
- •Black chickpea soup offers a unique and filling alternative to tea or regular soup for light evening hunger.
- •Cooking black chickpeas with onion, ginger, and garlic, then blending, creates a creamy texture.
- •A tempering of clarified butter and cumin enhances the soup's flavor, making it easy to prepare with minimal ingredients.
- •Chef Shruti Mahajan's recipe is perfect as a snack or a light evening meal.
- •The process involves soaking chickpeas, cooking them with aromatics, and blending with the cooking water for desired thickness and taste.
Key Questions Answered
To prepare the black chickpeas, wash them thoroughly with clean water and soak them for about 5 to 6 hours or overnight so they swell up and soften quickly.
The soup gets its creamy texture by blending the cooked chickpeas with onion, ginger, and garlic, and using the leftover boiling water rather than discarding it.
A special tempering made by heating a little clarified butter and cumin seeds in a pan is poured over the blended soup to enhance its flavor.
