Traditional chickpeas soup

Paradosiaki soupa revythia

Ingredients

  • 1 cup chickpeas (soaked in water for at least 12 hours)
  • 1 large onion (chopped)
  • 1 carrot in pieces/cubes (optional)
  • 1/3 cup olive oil
  • 2,5 cups water
  • salt, pepper, oregano

Method

  1. In a pressure cooker add enough water and boil chickpeas for 10 minutes.
  2. Strain the chickpeas and discard the boiling water.
  3. In the pressure cooker sauté with olive oil the onion and the carrots.
  4. Add chickpeas, stir and add water (until they cover and little more), pepper, oregano.
  5. Close the pressure cooker and let the ingredients boil for about 30′ (time is proportional to the pressure cooker, so cook as you usually cook legumes).
  6. When cooking time finished, let the pressure cooker to cool, open it, add some salt if needed and pepper.
  7. Put it again to the heat to boil for 10′ so the broth thickens (if needed).
Tips:

Try not to add salt when you cook legumes because salt causes legume peeling (most times).