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Friday, October 26, 2012

Guilt free Snacks ~ Oven Roasted Chickpeas / Garbanzo Beans


Baked garbanzo beans is going to be my last post of the BM#21 under "Copy Cat" theme. This perfectly crunchy, guilt free snack comes from Vardhini of Cook's Joy. I had noted it down in one of the previous marathons and this recipe did yield very good results. I thoroughly enjoyed this non greasy, healthy snack.

Ingredients:
1.5 cups chickpeas /garbanzo beans / chana
Salt and chili powder to taste
Cumin powder and/or any spice powder preferred as per taste
Oil to spray or a Tbsp of oil

Method:
* Soak garbanzo beans overnight and pressure cook them for about 3 whistles, without turning them mushy. Drain and cool the beans.
Skip this step if you are using canned beans. Rinse the canned beans before using.


* Preheat the oven to 400 deg F. Line a baking sheet with aluminium foil and keep aside.
* Add salt, chili powder, cumin powder / any other spice powder preferred to the beans and mix well. If you are not spraying the oil, you can add a Tbsp of oil to the beans mixture and mix well.


* Spread the beans on the prepared baking sheet. Spray it with oil.
* Place the sheet in the preheated oven and bake for 40 - 50 minutes or until they turn crunchy. Actually I baked for an hour and left the sheet in the turned off oven for 10 minutes more.

 
The original recipe mentioned that the beans would turn rock hard if baked longer than needed and so, pay attention to the beans at the final stages of baking.
 
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11 comments:

Mrs.Ahmed said...

I love chickpeas and this recipe looks crunchy and lovely love to try your recipe.

Srivalli said...

I love this ..picture looks so good Suma..

Priya Suresh said...

Feel like munching some,nothing will beat this guilt free oven roasted chickpeas.

The Pumpkin Farm said...

even i had tried vardhini's recipe for this one and it taste really yum...urs also look fantastic

Chef Mireille said...

roasting them must give nice flavor

Padmajha said...

Healthy snack.I too have bookmarked this one and will try it out soon...

Home Cooked food said...

first time here. nice space and collection.
http://realhomecookedfood.blogspot.com

Vandana said...

First time commenter here....though I am now subscribing to your posts. Thank you for uploading such simple, delicious recipes, I try them out and they always turn out great because of your clear instructions. Just one doubt here for this recipe, what is the temperature I preset the oven to? Thanks!

Akila said...

Wow this is simply amazing... Bookmarked

Event: Dish name starts with P

anju said...

love garbanzo and love it roasted

Suma Gandlur said...

Vandana,you preheat and bake at the same temperature.