Chickpea Salad From The Turkish Cookbook - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 cup dried garbanzo beans, soaked overnight (garbanzo beans)
    1/4 cup olive oil
    onion, sliced into crescents
    2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
    1 small red bell pepper, sliced into crescents
    2 sun-dried tomatoes, finely sliced
    1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
    1/2 teaspoon dried chili pepper flakes (red pepper)
    1 teaspoon ground sumac
    2 tablespoons lemon juice
    1/2 bunch flat leaf parsley, finely sliced
    6 fresh basil sprigs, finely sliced
Preparation
    Drain the soaked chickpeas (garbanzo beans), then cook in a saucepan of simmering water until soft, about 11/2 hours. Drain and put the cooked chickpeas into a large bowl.
    Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat, add the onions and garlic, and cook for 2 minutes. Add the bell pepper and sundried tomatoes and cook for a further minute. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt, then pour the mixture over the chickpeas and mix gently. Add the cumin, dried chilli (red pepper) flakes, sumac, lemon juice, parsley, and basil, mix gently, and serve.
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