Chickpea Fatteh, or Tasqiya

Ingredients

• 2 cups cooked chickpeas (after soaking overnight) or canned
• A squeeze of lemon
• Yogurt
• 2 cloves garlic
• 3 tablespoons tahini
• 1 toasted loaf of bread
• Chili powder for the top, optional
• Toasted almonds and pine nuts, generously fried in ghee

Method

1. Toast the bread and break it up, then place it in a deep bowl and moisten it with a little of the chickpea cooking water
2. Reserve a little of the toasted bread and some chickpeas for garnish later... then spread the cooked, drained chickpeas over the bread
3. Whisk the yogurt with the crushed garlic, lemon juice, and tahini, then spread it over the chickpeas
4. Fry the nuts in a generous amount of ghee and sprinkle them over the fatteh. Sprinkle with chili powder to taste as well. You can also garnish with a little of the bread and chickpeas
5. Assemble the fatteh and serve it immediately, before the bread soaks up too much liquid and becomes very soft
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