zxcvbob wrote:
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> Miche wrote:

>> I think there is a discernible taste difference, and I'd rather use
>> dried (soaked and cooked) chickpeas rather than canned. And in NZ
>> it's a lot cheaper, too.
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>> Miche
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> You might wanna go to an Indian market and look for bags of "Chana Dal".
> Might also be called "gram dal", but I'm not sure about that one. It
> is split chickpeas when the skins already removed.

Not exactly, at least to my understanding. I think they're
similar-but-different things. At any rate, I tried making hummus with
chana dal once, and it was TERRIBLE. Powdery and yuck. And I love chana
dal normally. I never tried that again.

Serene
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"I think I have an umami receptor that has developed sentience." -- Stef