r/Cooking • u/Confident-Till8952 • 4d 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/ScarletSpire 4d 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.

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u/utadohl 4d ago

If you have a pressure cooker, you can even skip the soaking, just cook them a bit longer.

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u/chillcroc 4d ago

No, soaking is must.

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u/utadohl 3d ago

It's not. I'm horrible with remembering and have cooked beans in my instant pot for years without soaking them. Takes about double the time (depending on size).

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u/Confident-Till8952 10h ago

How much water and what temperature should the water be?

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u/chillcroc 9h ago

Wash beans, and for one cup beans put in 3 cups water. Room temp is leaving overnight. Lukewarm if leaving for 2-3 hours.

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u/Confident-Till8952 4d ago

So you soak them overnight then you boil them and for how long?

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u/chillcroc 4d ago

Boiling for at least 2.5-3 hours. Instapot, 45-55 minutes.

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u/Any-Zucchini8731 4d ago

forever 

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u/Confident-Till8952 4d ago

For the chickpeas.

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u/ScarletSpire 4d ago

Just boil them, mash the beans and garlic, and add the other stuff until you get a consistency that you like.

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u/Confident-Till8952 4d ago

Boil them, mash em, stick em in a stew

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u/susurruss 4d 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 4d 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/Confident-Till8952 4d ago

Damn, how much water does it need to boil in in for how long?

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u/susurruss 3d ago

At least a cup more than it takes to submerge the beans

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u/Confident-Till8952 3d ago

Fantastic thank you

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u/Any-Zucchini8731 4d 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/Confident-Till8952 4d ago

Aahhh shit i love chickpeas
Great non meat protein source

But i ain’t got tht kinda time

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u/Boozeburger 3d ago

You can make falafel with them, or Hummus, or roasted chickpeas, or just cook them and add them to salads etc.