CHICKPEA FATTET "TOSTADAS"

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Chickpea Fattet

Categories     Salad     Appetizer     Chickpea     Raw

Yield serves 4

Number Of Ingredients 15

Hummus
1 cup dried chickpeas
4 cups water
4 cloves garlic
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup tahini
1/4 cup olive oil
Salt to taste
Fattet
2 whole pitas, split in half
1 1/2 cups Greek-style yogurt
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 cup chopped romaine lettuce
1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted
1/4 cup chopped fresh mint or cilantro leaves

Steps:

  • To make the hummus, thoroughly rinse the chickpeas, then place them, along with the water, in the slow cooker insert.
  • Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours, or until the chickpeas are tender. Drain the chickpeas, reserving 1/4 cup of the cooking water. (You can reserve the rest of the cooking water for thickening soups or stews.) Measure out 1/2 cup of the cooked chickpeas, coarsely chop them, and set them aside.
  • Place the whole chickpeas in the workbowl of a food processor. Press in the garlic, then add the lemon juice, tahini, olive oil, and 2 tablespoons of the cooking water and process until the mixture is smooth. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons cooking water only if needed to thin the consistency. Add salt to taste.
  • To make the fattet, in a toaster oven or under a broiler, toast the pita halves until lightly browned or crisp. Arrange the pita halves on individual plates, then spread each pita with about 1/3 cup hummus. (Reserve the leftover hummus for another use). Sprinkle on 2 tablespoons of the chopped chickpeas, a generous dollop of yogurt, a pinch of cumin seed, 1/4 cup lettuce, 1 tablespoon of toasted pine nuts, and 1 tablespoon of chopped mint.
  • Serve immediately.
  • Variations
  • Try adding artichoke hearts, kalamata olives, or roasted peppers when processing the hummus.
  • Suggested Beverage
  • If I were drinking wine with this, I would probably choose something light, aromatic, and white or something dry and rosy pink. That's if I were drinking wine with it. But "tostada" somehow makes me lust after a good beer.

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