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Chickpea/garbanzo beans, spinach is a delicious, nutritious, protein rich soup made for a nice addition to our weekly dinner menu. Here chickpeas, spinach are cooked in tomatoes, with a ting of apple sauce flavoured by garlic and spiced by paparika.

Spinach and bean soup can be low in calories and fat content.  Soup made with water or vegetable-based broth will contain the fewest calories. Soup made with low-fat or non-fat milk will supply more calories, but still fewer than cream-based soups.

Serves: 4-5 servings
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

• Cooked chickpeas-1cup
• Chopped spinach-3handsful
• Diced red peppers-1num
• Diced onions-1num
• Minced garlic-3num
• Diced tomatoes-1cup (about 2-3num)
• tomato puree-2-3tbsp
• apple puree- from 1 fresh apple
• Paprika-1tsp
• ground black pepper, sea salt- as per taste
• olive oil-1tbsp

Procedure:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat, add onion and saute for 3-4minutes/until soft and slightly golden.
• Add garlic, bell peppers/capsicum and saute for 2-3minutes more or until garlic is lightly browned.
• Add paprika, salt, tomato puree, apple puree, and saute for 2-3minutes on medium flame.
• Then add spinach, chickpeas and simmer for 8-10minutes.
• Season with ground pepper and serve hot.

Note:

• Cooking chickpeas-rinse and soak chickpeas for 6-7hours, then drain and cook in a pressure cooker for 4-5whistles. Or if using canned drain and rinse thoroughly.
• Chilli powder can be used alternatively to paprika.
• Apple is used to get sweet taste and to get creamy texture