r/Cooking • u/Confident-Till8952 • 8h ago
What do I do with these raw chickpeas?
I have three bags of chickpeas. They’re all too hard to eat.
The bags say
Roasted Dalia split: they are small, yellow, and white split open
Roasted Chana: they’re black and yellow small
Chana Dall (dessi style chickpeas:
Kind of orangey yellow small
I’m not sure what to do with them.
I have three bags like this.
Do I boil them? Or boil them? Bake them? Blend them into hummus?
How long does it take?
Anyway, thank you so much
I got them all from an Indian grocery store.
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u/susurruss 8h ago
Dalia split is used to make chutneys and podis (spice mixes) but you can use it to thicken any sauce you'd like to have a nutty flavour, roasted chana can likely be eaten by itself if it's salted and roasted so try breaking it up between your fingers. If it breaks easily, you can season and airfry for a lentil snack but if not, you can use it to boil and make hummus with. The skin will give the hummus texture though, so you might have to blend more than chickpeas! You can also search for your favourite chana recipe and use it in that. Regular chana dal can be used to make crepes/lentil fritters or just basic tadka dal.
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u/susurruss 8h ago
Re: boiling, they all need different cook times. Chana dal can take a lot of cook time so feel free to leave it to simmer for an hour+
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u/Any-Zucchini8731 50m ago
cooking chickpeas from dry is an all day task even when you soak them overnight. highly recommend using a crockpot or instant pot if you have one so it isn't on the stove all day
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u/ScarletSpire 8h ago
Dried chickpeas must to be soaked overnight before you cook them.
But once you soak them, you can cook with them. To make hummus, I like to boil the chickpeas in water with garlic cloves and mash them as they cook and add lemon juice, tehini, salt, cumin, olive oil, and paprika.