Chickpea Fatteh

Ingredients

• 1 kg chickpeas, soaked in boiling water with 1 tablespoon baking soda — soak the chickpeas at least 12 hours
• Finely chopped parsley
• 4 cloves garlic
• Hot pepper (chili)
• Bread
• Salt
• 1 cup plain yogurt
• A pinch ground cumin
• 1 cup tahini
• Juice of lemon
• Minced meat - optional
• This easy and distinctive Fatteh recipe was shared by a friend and cook on Shou Tabkhin El-Youm:
• Kholoud Abdel Nasser
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Method

1. After soaking the chickpeas, drain and rinse them, place them in a pot with fresh water, and simmer over medium heat until tender. The chickpeas will need about one hour to cook.
2. In a deep bowl, place the bread cut into equal pieces — it is better if the bread is not fresh.
3. In another bowl, take the desired amount of chickpeas and lightly mash them with a garlic masher, then moisten the bread with the chickpea cooking water.
4. Sprinkle a pinch of salt over the mashed chickpeas, add yogurt, a pinch of cumin, and half a cup of tahini, and mix.
5. Spread the chickpea mixture over the bread.
6. Chop the parsley, pound the garlic, and chop the pepper, then mix them. Add half a cup of tahini, a pinch of salt, and lemon juice, and stir.
7. Pour the fatteh into a serving dish and spread the parsley mixture over it.
8. Top with the fried ground meat as desired and, if wanted, garnish with fried nuts.
9. Kholoud Abdel Nasser
10. For more of Kholoud's delicious recipes see the link: How to Prepare Potato Boats