Quick and easy Recipe

A recipe inspired by Lebanese Balila whilst I crave for chickpeas.

Ingredients:

• 1 can of Chickpeas
• Half lemon/ lime
• Olive oil
• 1 or 2 cloves of garlic
• Salt & cayenne pepper

Instructions:

• Drain the chickpeas, then cook them in water for 7 to 10 minutes or until the water begins to boil.
• Crush the garlic using pestle and mortar with some salt.
• Add 3/4 of the chickpeas with a 1/4 ladle of the warm chickpea water to a bowl with the garlic and lemon juice. Blend this well with a blender.
• Add olive oil to the blended chickpeas.
• Using the pestle, roughly crush the remaining chickpeas that you haven’t blended.
• On a plate, place the blended chickpeas first, then add the unblended chickpeas on top.
• Sprinkle some cayenne pepper on top if you want slight spice to add more flavour, or just so it looks more colorful.