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- From: kyrimis@princeton.edu (Kriton Kyrimis)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Chick-pea soup
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- Date: 28 Aug 87 03:11:49 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE CHICKPEA-SOUP SPV "7 Mar 87" 1987
- .RZ "CHICK-PEA SOUP" "Greek style chick-pea soup"
- I got this recipe from a Greek cookbook. It is the standard way of cooking
- chick peas in Greece.
- .IH "serves 4"
- .IG "1 lb" "chick peas" "500 g"
- .IG "2 Tbsp" "baking soda" "30 ml"
- .IG "3\-4" "small onions"
- (chopped)
- .IG "\(34 cup" "olive oil" "180 ml"
- .IG "2 tsp" "salt" "10 ml"
- .IG "" "lemon juice"
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Soak the chick peas in water overnight.
- .SK 2
- Drain the chick peas and sprinkle the baking soda on them. Stir them a little
- and let them stand for one hour.
- .SK 3
- Rinse the chick peas with plenty of water. Put them in a pot and cover them
- with water. Bring them to a boil, then lower heat to medium.
- .SK 4
- Skim off the scum that forms on the surface, and then add the onions. Cover,
- and cook on low heat for about two hours or until the chick peas are soft.
- (If necessary, add some hot water into the pot while the chick peas are
- cooking).
- .SK 5
- Add the olive oil and salt, and cook for a few more minutes.
- .SK 6
- Serve with a dash of lemon juice, plenty of fresh bread and, if you like,
- a chunk of feta cheese on the side.
- .NX
- At step 3 you're supposed to remove the skin off the chick peas. I was never
- able to do it (it comes off only with some difficulty, and you have to do it
- for each individual pea), but it doesn't seem to affect the dish adversely.
- .PP
- You know that the soup is done when the chick peas begin to dissolve,
- making the soup rather thick. This might not give the dish a very
- attractive appearance, but the taste is an entirely different matter.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- easy.
- .I Time:
- overnight soak, 2\-3 hours cooking.
- .I Precision:
- no need to measure.
- .WR
- Kriton Kyrimis
- Princeton University, Computer Science Dept., Princeton, New Jersey, USA
- princeton!kyrimis
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