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Dish of the week: Holubtsi

26 Chickpeas Recipes From 14 Cuisines.

The legume that feeds half the world’s great vegetarian dishes: hummus and falafel in the Levant, chana masala in India, Spanish cocido, and countless Mediterranean soups and stews. Canned chickpeas are genuinely good and save hours; dried ones soaked overnight and cooked from scratch have deeper flavor and a firmer, creamier texture worth the planning. Save the cooking liquid — aquafaba — which whips like egg white, and roast drained chickpeas with olive oil and spices for the easiest crunchy snack there is.

26 recipes on this route

The recipes.

Bowl of Algerian chorba frik, a rust-coloured lamb and freekeh soup scattered with coriander and dried mint

Algeria1 hr 30 min

Algerian Chorba Frik

Lamb and Freekeh Soup

Bowl of thick dark green Persian ash-e reshteh soup swirled with pale kashk, crisp fried onions and mint oil

Iran1 hr 45 min

Ash-e Reshteh

Persian Noodle, Bean and Herb Soup

A smooth barley dough dome in the centre of a wide tray, ringed by orange lamb sauce, potatoes, chickpeas and halved eggs

Libya2 hr

Bazin

Libyan Barley Dough Dome with Lamb Sauce

Platter of Algerian chakhchoukha — torn flatbread coated in red lamb sauce with chickpeas and carrot piled in the centre

Algeria3 hr 10 min

Chakhchoukha

Biskra Torn Flatbread in Lamb Sauce

Bowl of Pakistani chana chaat with chickpeas, potato cubes, red onion, tomato and tamarind chutney

Pakistan55 min

Chana Chaat

Chickpea, Potato and Tamarind Salad

Chickpea curry in a thick reddish-brown masala gravy topped with cilantro and ginger slivers

India55 min

Chana Masala

North Indian Chickpea Curry

Mound of steamed couscous topped with carrot batons, turnip, pumpkin chunks, zucchini and chickpeas in a wide shallow dish

Morocco2 hr 25 min

Couscous bel Khodra

Seven-Vegetable Couscous

A wide tray of Libyan couscous topped with lamb, pumpkin wedges, chickpeas and a crown of caramelised onions with raisins

Libya2 hr 5 min

Couscous bil Bosla

Libyan Lamb and Pumpkin Couscous

Platter of red-tinted couscous topped with fish steaks, chickpeas, carrots, quince wedges and green peppers

Tunisia1 hr 55 min

Couscous bil Hout

Tunisian Fish Couscous

A pot of Trinidadian curry channa and aloo — golden chickpeas and soft potato chunks in thick rust-coloured gravy with chopped chadon beni

Trinidad and Tobago1 hr 5 min

Curry Channa and Aloo

Trinidadian Chickpea and Potato Curry

Two soft turmeric-yellow fried baras folded around curried chickpeas with tamarind sauce dripping onto waxed paper

Trinidad and Tobago3 hr 10 min

Doubles

Trinidadian Curried Chickpeas in Fried Flatbread

Crisp hollow fuchka shells stuffed with spiced potato, chickpeas and egg beside a bowl of tamarind water

Bangladesh2 hr 15 min

Fuchka

Bangladeshi Crisp Shells with Spiced Filling

Every recipe on this route.

All 26 of them, alphabetically, with the country each one comes from.

also known asgarbanzo beans