A Not-So-Moroccan Chickpea Thing

December 30, 2018

'That chickpea thing' has evolved over the years. Its origins are a dish that the Moroccan Soup Bar has been serving forever. It's a rich, hearty bake; thick amongst yoghurt, tart amongst lemon juice together with tahini, crunchy amongst fried flatbread together with a topping of toasted almonds.

Soon enough, I tried replicating it at home. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few years later, I striking on corn chips every bit a convenient, gluten-free replacement for the flatbread. This summer, I took it i stride farther together with made a vegan version. Replacing such a large quantity of yoghurt was e'er going to last challenging, but I pulled it off with the assistance of around twitter friends. Impressed construct almond milk-based natural yoghurt was a corking means to subtly reinforce the almond topping, without introducing the sweet, obese intensity of coconut-based yoghurt.

This chickpea thing's a long means from that chickpea thing. But it's yet a practiced thing, handy for making inwards other people's kitchens together with sharing at barbecues inwards summer.

A not-so-Moroccan chickpea thing
(inspired past times a dish at the Moroccan Soup Bar)

ii x 400g cans chickpeas
100g slivered almonds
1/2 loving cup tahini
juice of ii lemons
ii cloves garlic or ii teaspoons garlic powder
250g vegan yoghurt (we recommend Impressed almond-based)
175g handbag natural salted corn chips
tabular array salt together with pepper
olive oil
cayenne pepper

Rinse together with drain the chickpeas, together with railroad train them aside.

Gently toast the almonds using your preferred method. We popular them inwards the oven for v minutes if there's something else on the go, but a grill or dry out frypan tin also work. Set the almonds aside to cool.

In a medium-large bowl, whisk together the tahini together with lemon juice. If you're using fresh garlic, musical rhythm out it into a petty saucepan amongst a glug of olive crude oil together with modest it until golden. Add the fried or powdered garlic to the tahini-lemon mixture. Stir inwards the yoghurt until everything is good mixed. Season amongst tabular array salt together with pepper, to taste. Fold inwards the chickpeas.

To serve, adapt the corn chips over the base of operations of a large salad bowl or platter. Spoon over the chickpea-yoghurt mixture. Swish over around optional olive oil, sprinkle amongst a petty cayenne pepper, together with then scatter the almonds generously over the top.