Spiced Chickpeas

Add the chickpeas, spices and salt to a thick bottomed pan. Add four tablespoonfuls of olive oil and four of water and put over a medium heat. Cook for five minutes or so stirring occasionally until the chickpeas brown  Picture  .

Take off the heat, add a further four tablespoonfuls of oil and four of water and stir in. Then use a hand whisk to carefully (there will be hot oil in the mixture) reduce the mixture to the consistency of a thick porage. Season with salt if need be. It is now ready to use or can be reheated later.