Our Thanksgiving or ‘friendsgiving’ (as we celebrate it with friends) is always a big feast hosted in our home. The spread is completely vegetarian mostly vegan infact!
One of the appetizers I prepared from scratch this year was chickpea kabobs. Chickpea is one of the tastiest dried beans. It is super delicious and does not have that ‘protein’ flavor that most dried beans bring to the dish. I suppose you get what I am saying 😉 Chickpeas are also very versatile and take on any flavor profile easily.
I prepared the kabobs 3 ways –
☝️ grilled on a cast iron grill
✌️baked in the oven
🤟 shallow fried in a cast iron pan
All three variations had their own unique texture and guests enjoyed all of them equally. The baked variety was extra crunchy and made for a perfect appetizer. It went well with a spicy dipping sauce.
The grilled and shallow-fried both had a crispy exterior but a nice juice soft interior. This will be a perfect sandwich kabob or wrapped in a tortilla shell with some yogurt sauce.
The main base for these kabobs are soft cooked chickpeas. To these I added onions, garlic, multi-colored peppers, herbs and plenty of seasoning. Make it your version by mixing up the veggies, herbs and seasoning choices.
This is one delicious kabob!
My suggestion will be to spend the time and prepare a good number of them in advance. Besides serving them as appetizers, I continued to use them throughout the week to make wraps, sandwiches and even a stir-fried dish with added veggies.
Shaping the kabobs is the only job which is a little time-consuming.
My solution to this 🤷🏻♀️😜 turn on some fast paced music and have a glass of your favorite libation on the side – perfect combination as you hand-roll these kabobs.
These chickpea kabobs are delicious hand-made rolls which are cooked in 3 different ways for different textures. Use them in a variety of ways or just as an appetizer with a spicy dipping sauce.
Prep Time1 hourhr
Cook Time30 minutesmins
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Fusion
Servings: 10kabobs
Ingredients
2cupsChickpeascooked soft
1cupBreadcrumbs
1smallOnionfinely chopped
3multi-colored Peppersfinely chopped
3podsGarlicfinely minced
1bunchCilantrofinely chopped
3Green Chillies (optional)finely chopped
1tbspGaram Masala powder
1tspRed Chily powder
Salt
Oil
Instructions
Start by mashing the cooked chickpeas in a large mixing bowl(The chickpea should be dry)
Add the garam masala, red chilly powder and saltAdd triple colored peppers, onions, garlic and cilantro
Add breadcrumbs and combine thoroughly
The mixture will be quite dry, now add oil
Using your hands, start to mix and shape into kabob rolls
There are 3 ways to cook these – grill them, bake them or shallow fry them. Each one has its own texture.
