The Best Chickpea Recipes

The Yellow Kite team are hummus obsessives, a cheap, simple and nutritious meal which is now in the spotlight as chickpeas have become a fashionable ingredient! Here is our list of the best chickpea recipes, tried and tested at our own tables.

The reasons chickpeas have been picked up as a superfood can be found in Keep It Real by Calgary Avansino, our go-to ingredient bible: ‘Chickpeas are loaded with protein, fibre, iron, vitamin B6 and magnesium. Just 2-3 tablespoons of the golden balls equates to one of your daily recommended five portions of fruit and veg. I love them for their rich texture and versatile flavour, which makes it easy to mix them with other veggies and spices. They blend smoothly into rich dips, can be roasted to make snacks or just added to salads, soups, curries, stews and pasta sauces.’

The perfect addition to so many dishes, there was such a lot of competition between recipes for this list, we had to include TWO curry options. Here they are:

Deliciously Ella’s Top Three Hummus Recipes

The Sirtfood Diet Chickpea Curry

Deliciously Ella’s Coconut Thai Curry

Tell us your favourite chickpea recipe with the hashtag #BestChickpeaRecipe via @yellowkitebooks!