Chickpea Soup is a tasty, spiced soup made by cooking chana with onion, tomato & spices in water. Chickpea Soup is a healthy & comforting starter and a good choice of soup to try differently. Chickpea Soupcan replace tea before mid-day meal.
I had always loved trying out new cuisines and sharing it here….it gives me such self satisfaction that words cant explain…yes small things big contentment. It happened when my neighbour asked me for new soup recipes and thats when I realised I’ve not posted interesting soup varieties here except for the usual tomato soup,carrot soup , sweet corn soup etc…So sat down to search for soup recipes and this lebanese chickpea soup caught my attention.
This soup is inspired by Lebanese cooking and it uses Baharat powder-a spice powder used in Arab countries which is close to our garam masala powder. One good thing is that I had all the ingredients in hand…as when opting to try new cuisines hunting for ingredients isnt that easy….I made it the next day and enjoyed it with warm toasted bread….yum!
The climate here is breezy and chill so having soups is such a bliss! Do try this easy soup recipe and let me know your feedback
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Chickpea Soup
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup white chana
- 1 small potato roughly chopped
- 1 tbsp tomato puree
- 2 tsp garlic finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp cheese
- 1 tbsp coriander leaves
- salt to taste
For Baharat powder:
- 1/4 inch cinnamon
- 2 nos cloves
- 1 no cardamom
- 1/2 tsp coriander seeds
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp dry ginger powder
- 1 tsp pepper corns
- 1 tsp chilli flakes
Instructions
- Soak chana overnight or atleast for 8 hrs.
- Pressure cook it along with enough water for 6-7 whistles or until soft....dont drain the water,Set aside.
- Dry roast all the ingredients listed under 'for baharat powder' till nice aroma rises, then grind it to a semi fine powder. I used my hand mortar and pestle to do this.
- Heat ghee in a pressure cooker then add onion, garlic and saute for 2mins then add tomatoes and saute till mushy and raw smell leaves.
- Then add potato cubes along with baharat powder,required salt and saute for a minute then add 2 cups of water and pressure cook in medium high flame for 2 whistles.
- Once pressure releases add boiled chana, tomato puree. I added a pinch of chilli flakes at this stage.Adjust salt.
- Let it boil for 5mins in low flame.Switch off and then squeeze lemon juice, garnish with coriander leaves.
- Garnish with grated cheese while serving. Serve Chickpea Soup hot with toasted bread....heaven I say!!
Notes
- Use parmesan cheese which is recommended. I used Amul cheese cubes as I had only that in stock.
- You can even double the quantity, grind and store the Baharat powder in bulk.
- This is a clear soup variety so expect it to thicken up after boiling.
- I loved the extra spice the chilli flakes gave while drinking the soup, so don't skip it.
Chickpea Soup Recipe Step by Step
- Soak chana overnight or atleast for 8 hrs…pressure cook it along with enough water for 6-7 whistles or until soft….dont drain the water,Set aside. Dry roast all the ingredients listed under ‘for baharat powder’ till nice aroma rises, then grind it to a semi fine powder. I used my hand mortar and pestle to do this.
- Heat ghee in a pressure cooker then add onion, garlic and saute for 2mins then add tomatoes and saute till mushy and raw smell leaves.Then add potato cubes along with baharat powder,required salt and saute for a minute then add 2 cups of water and pressure cook in medium high flame for 2 whistles.
- Once pressure releases add boiled chana, tomato puree. I added a pinch of chilli flakes at this stage.Adjust salt.
- Let it boil for 5mins in low flame.Switch off and then squeeze lemon juice, garnish with coriander leaves.
Garnish with grated cheese while serving.Serve hot with toasted bread….heaven I say!!
Expert Tips
- Use parmesan cheese which is recommended. I used amul cheese cubes as I had only that in stock.
- You can even double the quantity,grind and store the baharat powder in bulk.
- This is a clear soup variety so expect it to thicken up after boiling 🙂
- I loved the extra spice the chilli flakes gave while drinking the soup, so dont skip it.
Chaubal
Thanks for the recipe. I shall try it tonight for dinner.
Chaubal
Thanks for the recipe. I shall try it tonight for dinner.
Vaishnavi
Different soup. Will sure make soon and let u know. Love the pics
Nisha
You have already conquered Indian cuisine. Looks like it is Middle-Eastern cuisine's turn next 🙂
indianspicemagic
A healthy and comforting soup for Mysore climate. Will try it soon.
AparnaRajeshkumar
last click with cheese is tempting sharmi ! go on !
BAGIRATHI DEVI
Wow thank u here (madrid) winter coming soon so that time I will make soup it's new for me again lot of thanks.
dassana
soup is looking yummy….
Nupur UK-Rasoi
Very tempting soup Sharmi, a perfect winters comforting meal
Hey Wait, Listen!
Wow akka! Superb recipe! I shall try it soon!
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Veena Theagarajan
tempting one I have bookmarked
Hamaree Rasoi
Simply delicious and lovely looking soup.
Deepa
Priya Suresh
Will definitely keeps me warm, comforting soup.Would love to have a sip of it.
Sangeetha M
very healthy n aromatic soup, sounds yummy n filling…will try this for sure..
Manjula Bharath
wow thats an very inviting and healthy salad 🙂
Shalini Singhal
Hi Sharmi, I have came across your blogs a long back, and tried many recipes, all of them come out very great, the propotion you tell is so perfect 🙂
i tried this soup today and it came out very good, thanks!!
Krithi Karthi
I love legumes in soups! So nicely done.. thanks for sharing..
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Bui
Love this recipe!Thank you.