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Chickpea

Chickpeas grow two to a pod and have been farmed for around 9,000 years. Blend them and you get hummus; roast them and you get a crunchy snack.

💪 9g protein per 100g💪 Protein🌾 Fibre🩸 Iron🛡️ Zinc

How it grows

On a small bushy plant, with usually one or two chickpeas inside each puffy pod.

Where it came from

The Middle East, around 9,000 years ago.

🚚 From field to plate

  1. 1. Seed planted in spring
  2. 2. Pods grow and dry
  3. 3. Harvested
  4. 4. Dried or cooked and tinned
  5. 5. Shop
  6. 6. Your kitchen

🤓 Fun facts

  • The water from a tin of chickpeas whips up like egg white — it's called aquafaba.
  • India grows most of the world's chickpeas.
  • Chickpea plants pull nitrogen out of the air and feed it to the soil.

Cook with it

Hummus RocketsCrunchy veg sticks blasting off from a hummus launchpad.
Crunchy Roasted ChickpeasCrispier than crisps, and full of protein.