Algerian Chickpea Soup
soup
Time—
Yield4 for bread
Energy279 kcal
Components2
Ingredients
- 5mloil, olive, regular
- 1shallot (small (40g))≈ 34 g shallot
- 2clovegarlic
- 1tspspice, cumin, ground
- 1tspspice, paprika, sweet
- 0.5tspspice, coriander, seed
- 0.0625tspspice, cinnamon
- 5gharissa paste
- 20gtomato paste
- 0.25tspsalt
- 0.5tspspice, pepper
- 0.125tspmonosodium glutamate
- 500stock, chicken, low salt (ml (prepared/500ml))≈ 1 cube stock, chicken, low salt
- 200gwater
- 240gChickpeas, from dryblended
- 0.25tspherb, mint, dried
- 50gChickpeas, from drywhole
- 10glemon juice
- 20mlherb, mint, fresh≈ 2.88 g herb, mint, fresh
- 10gPreserved Lemon (ingredient)minced fine
Instructions
Process
- Prep:
- Chickpeas
- Reserve some chickpea cooking liquid
- Blend ⅚ of the chickpeas with some liquid until smooth
- Chickpeas
- Heat the oil to low-medium
- Add the shallot, garlic etc; saute until fragrant
- Add the seasonings, cook 2-3 minutes until the tomato paste is starting to darken
- Add the stock and water, bring to a boil
- Add the blended chickpeas and the mint; reduce to a simmer and cook, covered, for 15 minutes
- Remove the lid and immersion blend the soup
- Add the remaining chickpeas, cook 10 minutes
- Stir in the lemon juice and remove from heat
- Top each serving with the mint and preserved lemon
Nutrition details
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| Nutrition | Per portion | Batch total |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 279 | 1115 |
| Protein | 16.2 | 64.7 |
| Carbohydrates | 39.6 | 158.5 |
| Total Sugars | 3.5 | 13.9 |
| Free Sugars | 0.6 | 2.3 |
| Fat | 6.0 | 23.9 |
| Saturated Fat | 0.8 | 3.3 |
| Fibre | 8.8 | 35.1 |
| Alcohol | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Salt | 0.7 | 2.7 |
| Iron | 4.98 | 19.9 |
| Calcium | 137 | 549 |
| Vitamin B12 | 0 | 0 |
| Omega 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Magnesium | 97.1 | 388 |
| Potassium | 788 | 3150 |
| Caffeine | 0 | 0 |
| Cost | £0.55 | £2.18 |
Component details (2)
Aggregated amounts used by this recipe.
- Chickpeas, from dry — Amount required: 290 g
- Preserved Lemon (ingredient) — Amount required: 10 g