Chickpea Soup

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- Number of Servings: 5
Ingredients
Directions
• 1 can chickpeas • 1 medium onion – chopped • 2 carrots- chopped • 2 sticks celery -chopped • 1 can reduced salt chopped tomatoes1/2 medium green bell pepper, chopped • 2 Cloves of garlic crushed • 1 or 2 red chillies – deseeded and chopped (optional) • olive oil – 1 to 2 tbsp • 4 cups of vegetable stock • 1.5 teaspoon ground coriander • 1.5 teaspoon cumin
Fry the onion, carrot, celery, bell pepper, and garlic in oil until just starting to softened. Next add the coriander, cumin and chillies (if using) cook for a further 2 minutes.
Add the tomatoes and stock and bring to a boil. Simmer gently for about 30min until the vegetables are cooked through.
Next add the chickpeas and stir well. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Cook gently for a further 10 minutes.
The soup is good with rustic wholemeal bread.
Makes about 5 servings, appx 1.5 cups each.
Number of Servings: 5
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PESCETARIAN.
Add the tomatoes and stock and bring to a boil. Simmer gently for about 30min until the vegetables are cooked through.
Next add the chickpeas and stir well. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Cook gently for a further 10 minutes.
The soup is good with rustic wholemeal bread.
Makes about 5 servings, appx 1.5 cups each.
Number of Servings: 5
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PESCETARIAN.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 194.9
- Total Fat: 6.6 g
- Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
- Sodium: 1,031.1 mg
- Total Carbs: 29.9 g
- Dietary Fiber: 6.4 g
- Protein: 5.3 g
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