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www.mahaskitchensecrets.com Damascene chickpea Ingredients ● 2 large pita bread fatteh/ Fatteh ● 3 tins cooked organic chickpeas Shamiyeh bil badweh ● 3 cloves garlic ● 5 cups yogurt cheese ● 3/4 cup hummus ● 1 tablespoon tahini ● Salt to taste ● Vegetable ghee ● Pine nuts Preparation Servings: 5 1. Cut the pita bread into 2 cm cubes and place them in the serving bowl. Preparation Time: 15 minutes 2. Place the chickpeas and their brine in a pot Start to finish: 20 minutes on medium heat, adding a bit more water to cover them. Bring to the boil cover and turn off the heat. Per Serving: 632 Calories; 12g Fat (17.0% calories from fat); 43g Protein; 90g Carbohydrate; 10g Dietary Fibre; 3. Mix the yogurt, hummus, tahini and salt 16mg Cholesterol; 1073mg Sodium. together then whisk over a Bain- marie in order to take the chill of the yogurt, adjust the salt. 4. Crush the garlic and mix with the bread adding a bit of salt then pour enough of the hot chickpea brine to soak the bread then Tips add half the chickpeas and 1/3 of the ● Preferably use stale bread as it absorbs yogurt mix and toss together. more liquid and sauce. 5. Add the remainder of the chickpeas and ● Some people like to add some lemon juice more of the brine if the bread is too dry in the yogurt sauce, but I prefer it without. then top with the remainder of yogurt mix ● This is one of the classic techniques for and sprinkle with chopped parsley. preparing fatteh, try to experiment with 6. Heat enough ghee to your liking and fry the different ingredients using your pine nuts, as soon as they start to turn imagination following the same technique. golden brown pour the contents over the ● You can use vegetable oil instead of ghee, fatteh piping hot. and for a lower calorie alternative omit 7. Decorated with pomegranate seeds and both the ghee and the oil. serve immediately. ● Eat with plenty of pickles and onions. .

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