I’m making chickpea stews whenever I want a filling, but healthier stew option. The most important thing is that the stew can be cooked with a variety of meat and vegetables (very useful when you need to use leftovers in the fridge!). Specifically for this kind of stew you need just a few ingredients and…
Žyma: Chickpeas
Spanish Chickpea and Chorizo Stew (Garbanzos a la Riojana) / Ispaniškas avinžirnių ir chorizo dešros troškinys (Garbanzos a la Riojana)
Although it’s hard to believe, but today I’ve seen cherry trees blooming! So, the real spring in Seattle will have to start soon. It doesn’t matter that the weather is still cold, but the days are already getting longer, and the sun is more and more often appearing through the clouds (yey!). While waiting for…
Vegetarian Chickpea Soup / Vegetariška avinžirnių sriuba
When I make dishes from chickpeas, I always remember Spain. And the explanation is very simple – in Spanish cuisine there are many different kinds of stews, soups, and salads, where the dominant ingredient is chickpeas. Because I lived in Spain, I had the opportunity to try all kind of meals made from chickpeas and…
Catalan Chickpeas (Garbanzos a la Catalana) / Avinžirnų troškinys kataloniškai (Garbanzos a la Catalana)
Chickpeas are very widely used in Spanish and Latin American cuisines. In both cuisines there can be found a wide variety of recipes with chickpeas, only remains to choose what you like the most. This catalan chickpea stew is very tasty and nutritious, and, of course – very satisfying! Moreover, it’s a vegetarian stew, so…
Chickpea and Chicken Curry/Avinžirniai ir vištiena kario padaže
Fast and easy chickpea and chicken stew, which can be made by any member of the family, you just need to have the necessary ingredients. I like this kind of stews very much, because they always come out not only delicious, but for the cooking you can use various products, which already need to be…
Spanish chickpea and spinach stew/Ispaniškas avinžirnių ir špinatų troškinys
Chickpeas are widely used in Spain, they make stews, soups from them, also add to the salad. In Spanish this stew is called Potaje de garbanzos y espinacas, in English it can be translated simply the stew with chickpeas and spinach. This stew can be supplemented with various meats, chorizo sausage, hard-boiled eggs, but the…
Tobulieji falafeliai/Perfect falafels
Tiesą pasakius, apie falafelius sužinojau atsikrausčiusi gyventi į Ispaniją. Tikrai taip, anksčiau nebuvau jų nei akyse mačiusi, nei žinojau, kas tai per valgis. Pasirodo Ispanijoje falafeliai yra pakankamai populiarūs. Falafelių suktinuką galima įsigyti beveik kiekvienoje turkiškoje kebabinėje. Pirmą kartą paragavusi falafelių, nelabai supratau kas tai, kol draugai nepaaiškino, kad tai avinžirnių kotletukai. O jie tikrai…
Lithuanian in the USA 