Chickpea Soup With Coriander Lime Recipes

CHICKPEA CHILLI AND LIME SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in pan add the onion then cook gently for 5-10 minutes until soft without browning.
• Add coriander stalks, cumin, chilli and garlic then stir for a couple of minutes.
• Add tomatoes cover then cook gently for 15 minutes until tomatoes have thickened.
• Add chickpeas and stock bring to boil cover and simmer for a further 20 minutes.
• Blend two thirds of the soup return to pan add lime zest lime juice and coriander leaves, season to taste.

CHICK-PEA AND CORIANDER SOUP

Steps:

• Make cumin pita crouton-crisps:
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Cut pita halves into 1/3 inch strips and in a small bowl toss with oil until coated evenly. Add cumin and salt and toss until spices adhere.
• In a shallow baking pan spread pita strips in one layer and bake in middle of oven 3 minutes, or until crisp and golden. Crouton-crisps keep in an airtight container 2 weeks.
• Serve crouton-crisps in soups, salads, or as a snack. Makes about 2 cups.
• Make soup:
• In a 3 quart heavy saucepan cook onion in olive oil over moderate heat, stirring, until softened and golden brown. Add water, chick-peas, garlic, and salt and simmer, uncovered, 15 minutes. In a blender purée chick-pea mixture and coriander with lemon juice until smooth.
• Serve soup topped with pita crouton-crisps.

CHICKPEAS WITH LIME, CHILLI, TAMARIND AND CORIANDER

Steps:

• Melt half of the butter in a medium heavy based saucepan over gentle heat until foaming, pour in the oil then add the onions, sweat gently for 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile wash the coriander and separate the leaves and set aside, chop the root and stems.
• To the onions, add garlic, chilli, ginger, coriander roots and stems, spice mix and tamari water, stir well then add tomatoes, carrots and cinnamon.
• Put lid on and turn heat to low and simmer gently for 1 hour stirring occasionally till carrots are tender and the flavours have melded together.
• Add the chick peas maple syrup and tamari and cook for 10 minutes.
• Add remaining butter and lime juice and stir well.
• Taste well, you are aiming for deep, smooth, spicey, sour, salty and sweet, May need just a touch more tamari or maple syrup?.
• Finish by stirring through fresh coriander leaves and serve not too hot.