Chick pea stew (etli nohut)

Ingredients

• 1 cup dried chick peas
• 200 g stewing beef
• 2 medium sized onions
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 table spoon tomato paste
• 1/2 table spoon red pepper paste (optionally choose spicy)
• Salt
• pepper
• Hot water

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Preparation

• Soak the dried chick peas in plenty of water overnight.
• The next day, if you are not using a pressure cooker, you will need to boil the chick peas in a pot and enough water to cover the chick peas to soften them first and drain.
• If you are using canned peas, you can skip the previous steps.
• Just drain and wash the chick peas.
• Also, you'll need to cook the meat before you add in canned chick peas to avoid them turning to mush.
• Put chopped onions into a pot with olive oil.
• Add in the stewing beef and stir fry a little.
• Cover and reduce heat and cook until the meat is softAdd in chick peas, tomato paste, pepper paste, salt and pepper.
• Add in boiled waterCook for another 5-10 minutesServe with sticky rice or bread.