Chickpea or chickpea (Cicer arietinum) is a legume and belongs to the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. It is also known as gram, or Bengal gram, garbanzo or garbanzo bean, and sometimes known as Egyptian pea, Ceci, cece or chana, or Kabuli Chana
Chickpea Uses:
Hummus is the Arabic word for chickpeas, it’s normally cooked and finely ground and made into a paste and mixed with tahini (sesame seed paste)
Chickpeas are roasted, spiced and then consumed as a snack.
Falafel (Tameiah) is a popular delicacy prepared by frying balls of chickpeas paste and used as sandwich filling.
Chickpeas and Bengal grams are used to make curries and are one of the most popular vegetarian foods in the Indian subcontinent.
Boiled chickpeas can be cooked and eaten cold in salads, cooked in stews, ground into gram flour (also known as chickpea flour and besan and used frequently in Indian cuisine).
In the Philippines, chickpeas are preserved and made into syrup and used in preparing sweets and desserts such as halo-halo.
Chickpeas serve as an energy and protein source as well as an animal feed.
Types of Chickpea:
Chickpeas are produced in one form after harvesting and shelling the pods:
1 Raw Form: the beige nuts or seeds that come out of the pods
2 Milled into powder form: the nuts are grounded into flour
From where we source our chickpea?
We source our chickpeas from different countries including Australia, Pakistan, Turkey, Burma, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Iran.
What Types of Chickpea Do we offer?
Our company offers chickpeas mainly in raw form and a possibility to offer processed chickpeas as powder upon customer’s special request.
1 raw pure chickpeas of the highest quality and recently freshly harvested
2 powder form from the same high quality freshly harvested seeds
Our Packing:
We pack the chickpea in 25/50 kg PP bags and stuff in 20 feet containers. Need more information? Prices? please use the contact/request quote forms, we will be happy to receive your inquiry.
