Can someone somewhere help me with this ingredient please? It is used
in a Spanish stew recipe.

And is there any sort of substitue if this is unavailable Down Under?

Cheers

Kim > wrote in
:

> Can someone somewhere help me with this ingredient please? It is used
> in a Spanish stew recipe.
>
> And is there any sort of substitue if this is unavailable Down Under?
>

We call garbanzo beans chickpeas. You can certainly get chickpeas, either
canned or dried, in any supermarket. I've never heard of a chickpea sauce
as an ingredient. The only saucy chickpea thing I can think of is hummus,
but that's not Spanish, nor would I think it would be an ingredient in a
stew. Is the recipe part of a collection? Could there be a separate recipe
for the sauce?

Sorry I'm not much help, but now that you know garbanzos are chickpeas (I'm
assuming you didn't know that before, but I could be wrong!) you might get
a bit further.


Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 12:13:03 GMT, Rhonda Anderson
> wrote:

>Kim > wrote in
:
>
>> Can someone somewhere help me with this ingredient please? It is used
>> in a Spanish stew recipe.
>>
>> And is there any sort of substitue if this is unavailable Down Under?
>>
>
>We call garbanzo beans chickpeas. You can certainly get chickpeas, either
>canned or dried, in any supermarket. I've never heard of a chickpea sauce
>as an ingredient. The only saucy chickpea thing I can think of is hummus,
>but that's not Spanish, nor would I think it would be an ingredient in a
>stew. Is the recipe part of a collection? Could there be a separate recipe
>for the sauce?
>
>Sorry I'm not much help, but now that you know garbanzos are chickpeas (I'm
>assuming you didn't know that before, but I could be wrong!) you might get
>a bit further.
>
>
>Rhonda Anderson
>Cranebrook, NSW, Australia
Thanks for your response. By coincidence someone on a radio talkback
cooking programme (30 mins segment actually) said this morning that
garbanzos beans come from Turkey and are one step up from chick-peas!
Perhaps they are the rich man's chick-pea - who knows?

I wanted to know for Spanish tripe recipe I am interested in - but I
HATE chickpeas so I shall probably use something else - like more
onions and garlic or tomato!

Kim > wrote in
:

> On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 12:13:03 GMT, Rhonda Anderson
> > wrote:

>>
>>Sorry I'm not much help, but now that you know garbanzos are chickpeas
>>(I'm assuming you didn't know that before, but I could be wrong!) you
>>might get a bit further.
>>
>>
>>Rhonda Anderson
>>Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

> Thanks for your response. By coincidence someone on a radio talkback
> cooking programme (30 mins segment actually) said this morning that
> garbanzos beans come from Turkey and are one step up from chick-peas!
> Perhaps they are the rich man's chick-pea - who knows?

I think the guy on the radio was wrong. Everything I've ever seen indicates
that garbanzo beans and chickpeas are just two different names for the one
legume (Cicer arietinum).


Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

Rhonda Anderson wrote:
> Kim > wrote in
> :
>
>> On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 12:13:03 GMT, Rhonda Anderson
>> > wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Sorry I'm not much help, but now that you know garbanzos are
>>> chickpeas (I'm assuming you didn't know that before, but I could be
>>> wrong!) you might get a bit further.
>>>
>>>
>>> Rhonda Anderson
>>> Cranebrook, NSW, Australia
>
>> Thanks for your response. By coincidence someone on a radio talkback
>> cooking programme (30 mins segment actually) said this morning that
>> garbanzos beans come from Turkey and are one step up from chick-peas!
>> Perhaps they are the rich man's chick-pea - who knows?
>
> I think the guy on the radio was wrong. Everything I've ever seen
> indicates that garbanzo beans and chickpeas are just two different
> names for the one legume (Cicer arietinum).
>
>
> Rhonda Anderson
> Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

Yep, they are the same thing. And I've never seen them used to make a
sauce. However, they are a lovely addition to a multi-bean soup

Jill

On 2004-06-27, jmcquown > wrote:


> sauce. However, they are a lovely addition to a multi-bean soup

....and a [3,4] bean salad.

nb

On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 11:24:21 -0500, Steve Wertz
> wrote:

>On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 13:48:44 GMT, Rhonda Anderson
> wrote:
>
>>I think the guy on the radio was wrong. Everything I've ever seen indicates
>>that garbanzo beans and chickpeas are just two different names for the one
>>legume (Cicer arietinum).
>
>I've seen the smaller chick peas, kalla chanas, referred to as
>chick peas, while garbanzos are the larger ones. I only buy the
>kalla chana legumes rather than the larger more common version -
>less mealy IMO, and thinner skins.
>
>-sw

Yes thank you for that info. The Spanish tripe recipe I am hoping to
make is called Kalla Tripe, but calls for garbanzos beans. It may be
that some of these things have different names in different countries?

Kim > wrote in
news
> On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 11:24:21 -0500, Steve Wertz
> > wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 13:48:44 GMT, Rhonda Anderson
> wrote:
>>
>>>I think the guy on the radio was wrong. Everything I've ever seen
>>>indicates that garbanzo beans and chickpeas are just two different
>>>names for the one legume (Cicer arietinum).
>>
>>I've seen the smaller chick peas, kalla chanas, referred to as
>>chick peas, while garbanzos are the larger ones. I only buy the
>>kalla chana legumes rather than the larger more common version -
>>less mealy IMO, and thinner skins.
>>
>>-sw
>
> Yes thank you for that info. The Spanish tripe recipe I am hoping to
> make is called Kalla Tripe, but calls for garbanzos beans. It may be
> that some of these things have different names in different countries?
>

Yep - garbanzo is the Spanish/Latin American term according to what I've
read, chickpea is the English term,ceci is Italian and I believe chana is
the Hindi word. There are two different groups of chickpeas - which are
the same species, but markedly different. The small coloured (brown,
black) chickpease are known as "desi" in India, and kala chana belong to
this group. The other group, kabuli chana, are the larger yellow/cream
chickpea which is also called garbanzo bean. (Found some interesting info
on desi etc. on this site http://www.mendosa.com/chanadal.html - the
agronomic etc. info is a fair way down the page)

If you did want to look for garbanzo beans in Australia you'd have to
look for chickpeas as I have never seen the term garbanzo used here. If
you went to an Indian/Asian grocery store you would probably be able to
find the kala chana - the smaller coloured ones. You did mention that you
didn't like chickpeas - do you like any legumes? If so, perhaps you could
try using another bean in place of the chickpeas.

I like chickpeas, but have not tried the "desi" type. I'll have to hunt
some out and try them.

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

Rhonda Anderson > wrote in message 1.5>...>
> I think the guy on the radio was wrong. Everything I've ever seen indicates
> that garbanzo beans and chickpeas are just two different names for the one
> legume (Cicer arietinum).
>
>
> Rhonda Anderson
> Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

Also known by their Italian name, ceci.

-bwg