Len Dennis
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Did this instead of using canned chick peas for my Firery Buffalo Blue Cheese Hummus .
Less salt but is it cheaper? Hell yes. Using a 2 kg bag of dried peas will give me twelve 19 oz cans of cooked. At $1 a can, thats $12. My bag cost $5. Do the math.
I usually use a 19oz can (there are 15 oz 19oz and 28 oz cans out there) of chick peas for hummus. I had the Instant Pot ("IP") so I found a source for dried peas.
I emptied the can and weighed the cooked peas and found they weighed 375 gm (I try to use only grams as it's easier when measuring and/or converting).
How many dried do I need now? Various web sites said 2x or 2.4x or 3x the amount of cooked you get from dried. Confusing so I had to experiment.
I did 125 gm (3x cooked) on the assumption I could always do more if needed. And I did need to do more.
Long story short, you need 165 gm of dry chick peas to get 375 gm of cooked peas ( = to one 19oz can) .
Now, one caveat: my bag of dried peas had a "good till" date of Mar 2019. Older (say a "good till" date of Mar 2018) beans may require more cooking time. Fresher beans take less time.
So, the method:
1) 165 gm dry peas with enough water to cover them by an inch or so. This was about 750 ml of water. You can add salt but as I try to restrict salt intake, I didn't.
2) Set the IP on manual (high pressure) for 35 minutes.
3)When done, let it de-pressurize automatically for 10 minutes then manually release the rest of the steam/pressure. Drain and use.
The resultant liquid after removing the peas (reduced a bit by "saute" feature) can be used in other dishes. Google for "aquafaba" .
Here's one https://www.wired.com/2016/05/mysteries-chickpea-water-magical-substitute-eggs-no-really/ Vegetarians find this water useful (would you believe chocolate mousse ? )
Less salt but is it cheaper? Hell yes. Using a 2 kg bag of dried peas will give me twelve 19 oz cans of cooked. At $1 a can, thats $12. My bag cost $5. Do the math.
I usually use a 19oz can (there are 15 oz 19oz and 28 oz cans out there) of chick peas for hummus. I had the Instant Pot ("IP") so I found a source for dried peas.
I emptied the can and weighed the cooked peas and found they weighed 375 gm (I try to use only grams as it's easier when measuring and/or converting).
How many dried do I need now? Various web sites said 2x or 2.4x or 3x the amount of cooked you get from dried. Confusing so I had to experiment.
I did 125 gm (3x cooked) on the assumption I could always do more if needed. And I did need to do more.
Long story short, you need 165 gm of dry chick peas to get 375 gm of cooked peas ( = to one 19oz can) .
Now, one caveat: my bag of dried peas had a "good till" date of Mar 2019. Older (say a "good till" date of Mar 2018) beans may require more cooking time. Fresher beans take less time.
So, the method:
1) 165 gm dry peas with enough water to cover them by an inch or so. This was about 750 ml of water. You can add salt but as I try to restrict salt intake, I didn't.
2) Set the IP on manual (high pressure) for 35 minutes.
3)When done, let it de-pressurize automatically for 10 minutes then manually release the rest of the steam/pressure. Drain and use.
The resultant liquid after removing the peas (reduced a bit by "saute" feature) can be used in other dishes. Google for "aquafaba" .
Here's one https://www.wired.com/2016/05/mysteries-chickpea-water-magical-substitute-eggs-no-really/ Vegetarians find this water useful (would you believe chocolate mousse ? )
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