Greek Chickpea Soup (Revithosoupa)

Name: Greek Chickpea Soup (Revithosoupa)
Prep time: 720 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 810 min
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 350g Chickpeas dried or alternatively 2 tins; 3 tbsp Olive oil; 2 medium onions. thinly chopped; Juice of 2 lemons; 2 tbsp Chopped Parsley; 1bsp Plain Flour; Salt and Pepper to taste

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Prep: 720 mins

Cook: 90 mins

Greek Soup 💚 Healthy 🌱 Vegan 🥕 Vegetarian

Ingredients

350g Chickpeas dried or alternatively 2 tins
3 tbsp Olive oil
2 medium onions. thinly chopped
Juice of 2 lemons
2 tbsp Chopped Parsley
1bsp Plain Flour
Salt and Pepper to taste

Accompaniment

Description

Healthy and hearty soup! Love the lemony flavour.

Method

1
1. Soak dried Chickpeas overnight, next day drain and rinse.
2. In a saucepan gently brown of the onions with a little of the oil.
3. Add the chickpeas and cover with hot water to about 2.5 cm above them, simmer for 60 min. Or alternatively, add the 2 tins of chickpeas to saucepan and simmer for 20 min with enough water just to cover.
4. Add olive oil, half of the parsley.
5. Mix the lemon juice with the flour to a paste and add to the saucepan to thicken soup, stir regulary to prevent sticking to the bottom.
6. Add salt and pepper.
7. Sprinkle rest of the parsley on top and serve with crusty bread.

Chef's Tips

The original Cretan recipe ask for 150ml of good extra virgin olive oil, which makes the soup velvety smooth.
Cretans have the lowest heart disease rate in the world, which scientist put down to lots of fruit and veg, plenty of pulses and good extra virgin olive oil! Look it up, its true.
I have reduced the olive oil for our western diet reasons and still find the soup delicious. Try both ways, you will taste the difference, but no decrease in the quality.

Ideal for pressure cooker, same steps, but time to boil the chickpeas reduces to 20 min on high pressure.