Fatteh - Chickpeas with yogurt
Fatteh - Chickpeas with yogurt

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I've only just discovered fatteh - a Levantine dish of crumbled, toasted pita covered in warm chickpeas and cool, tangy yogurt sauce - but I'm in love. How to make fatteh chickpeas in yogurt. Lebanese Chicken Fatteh includes chickpeas, toasted pita bread (I toss it with some olive oil, thyme, salt and pepper), shredded chicken (cooked with mediterranean spices), toasted pine nuts (or toasted almonds), and fresh chopped parsley.

Fatteh - Chickpeas with yogurt is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Fatteh - Chickpeas with yogurt is something that I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook fatteh - chickpeas with yogurt using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Fatteh - Chickpeas with yogurt:
  1. Make ready 1 can chickpeas
  2. Make ready pieces Crispy flatbread
  3. Make ready For the sauce
  4. Prepare 200 g yogurt
  5. Take 3 tbsp tahini (sesame paste)
  6. Make ready 1 squeeze lemon juice
  7. Get 1 crushed garlic clove
  8. Get Salt
  9. Make ready Cumin
  10. Prepare 1 bit of the water you use to boil the chickpeas
  11. Prepare For the toppings
  12. Prepare 2 tbsp butter
  13. Get pine nuts, shredded almonds, cashew
  14. Prepare Paprika and cumin

This dish is known as fatteh in the Levant, where it often is eaten for breakfast. It's a way to turn stale pita bread into a hearty meal. We, however, start with fresh pita, brush it with butter, crisp it in the oven, then break it into shards before topping the pieces with warmed chickpeas. This traditional fatteh recipe (fatte) is so easy to make, involving just a few of my favourite ingredients; chickpea, pita, yogurt and spices - including some soy mince for this delicious meat-free version!

Instructions to make Fatteh - Chickpeas with yogurt:
  1. Rinse the chickpeas then boil them until cooked
  2. Put the flatbread pieces in the oven until crispy
  3. Mix the yogurt sauce ingredients and add some of the water you used to boil the chickpeas in to make the mixture a bit liquidy (but still creamy)
  4. Spread the chickpeas in an oven dish and then put the crispy bread on top
  5. Melt some butter in a saucepan/pan and fry the nuts
  6. Pour the yogurt over the chickpeas and bread then drizzle the nuts and butter on top with a pinch of paprika and cumin (i slightly burnt the nuts but that’s fine)

The word 'Fatteh' literally translates to 'crumbs' and is a wonderful combination of toasted pita, chickpeas. Chickpea salad with tahini yogurt sauce, crispy chips, pine nuts and spicy red pepper oil tastes fantastic. Fatteh is a popular dish of the Levant, consisting of layers of crushed crispy toasted flatbread, cooked chickpeas, yogurt, olive oil and some spices. Fatteh means "broken" and signifies a dish of toasted bread pieces mixed with other ingredients. In this easy recipe, the yogurt is also "broken" with tahini, garlic and oil.

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