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Gingered Chickpeas & Kale Soup

Ingredients:

  • 1 lb chickpeas, cooked and drained
  • 1/4 cup onion, chopped
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 small carrots, peeled and chopped
  • 1 whole star anise
  • 1 tsp ginger powder
  • 1 tsp cumin powder
  • 2 small bay leaves
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
  • pinch of saffron (or turmeric powder)
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3 cups vegetable broth
  • 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes (optional)
  • 2 big handfuls of fresh kale, chopped

Directions:

  1. Heat a huge pot on medium. Once heated, add olive oil.
  2. Throw in chopped onions and carrots. Cook until tender, which would take about 5 minutes.
  3. Add star anise, ginger, cumin + cinnamon powder, bay leaves and saffron. Cook for a minute just to develop flavors from all spices.
  4. Add cooked and drained chickpeas with salt and vegetable broth. Stir and bring to a gentle simmer. Cover and simmer on low for 15 minutes.
  5. Discard whole star anise and bay leaves from broth. Add handfuls of fresh chopped kale. Stir and allow kale to wilt for 5 minutes on simmer before serving.
  6. Optional: add red pepper flakes if you need a “zing” 😉

 

And just for your info — this soup was consumed days ago. Not today, because we are fasting. I just had to put it out there because some of you may question us later 😉

While we would be in LA for 2 weeks, we would be visiting San Francisco next weekend as well. If you (LA & SFO peeps) want to meet up for eats or coffee, send me an email and I’ll organize something 🙂

Were you pranked during Halloween, or are you one of those people who enjoys pranking the eff out of people?