chickpeas and green lentils

[Keroppe]

ok.. i went shopping the other day and thought i'll try cooking something completely different, so i ended up buying a tin of 'Chickpeas' and 'green lentils' when i got home... and stared at it for ages thinking............. WTF do i do with it??????? anyone have any good tips of what i can cook?-easy ones please (im sure vegitarians would at least know?) thks x

[Keroppe]

joe ermm WTF?? :S

[Keroppe]

yes i cook, but never with chickpea or lentils!!

[Keroppe]

joe... ^_^ ??!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh well im going if im not getting any sense out of this section, :P mayb im just dreamng ....*pinches* ---oucch.... i guess im not dreaming.... night!

[mccfluff]

try making dahl, plenty of recipes on google and its gorg

[888sally888]

You could make houmous (sp?) out of the chick peas. Must warn you though, you will have terrible wind!!

[Jugglering]

You can use both of those legumes in a tasty casserole dish - chop up some onions, garlic (if liked), celery, mushrooms, courgette, peppers etc and saut� until softened. Add your favourite spices (chilli, mustard seeds, etc) and a can of chopped tomatoes, plus a canful of water. Add some mixed herbs, half a teaspoon each of salt and sugar and cook for about 30 minutes. Open the cans of chickpeas and/or lentils, rinse the water off and then add them to the pot. Heat through and serve with cooked rice or soaked cracked wheat or even doorsteps of fresh white crusty bread.

Leftovers of this dish would also be good put into an ovenproof dish and topped with mashed potato (a sort of veggie shepherd's pie), possibly with some grated parmesan on top too.

You also add either or both of those cans (rinsed and drained) in a salad - shredded lettuce, chopped cucumber, finely chopped spring onion, cooked sweetcorn, cooked rice (cold), chopped pepper, celery and some french dressing.

[ethandron]

chop some carrots, onions, celery and leeks (or any combination of them) and fry in oil. mix them with the lentils and put into an oven proof dish. place some lamb steaks or chops on top, add a littlestock, and shove in the oven for about 45 minutes or until done.
chick peas are such a nice texture i add them to chillie, curry, spag bol, pasta sauce - anything really. or as has already been said, make humuu with them - really easy if you have a blender.

[edukes]

fry 1 diced onion in a little oil till soft. then add 2 tea spoons of of ground cumin & 2 teaspoons of ground coriander
add 1pt chicken stock (cubed will do fine) bring too the boil add 200g of green lentils (or any other color) turn down to a slow simmer for 25-30 min, check to see if they are still hard if yes add i little more stock and a little more cooking time. They are not to be allowed to mussy though.
get with fish or plain chicken breasts
enjoy

[edukes]

sorry missed a bit
once you add the spices fry for 2 mins

[Keroppe]

Thanks for the great advice guys :) i will deffo try some of it out this weekend :) x