Garbanzo Beans

Garbanzo beans, (also known as chickpeas), have a delicious nutlike taste and buttery texture. Garbanzo beans provide a concentrated source of protein that can be enjoyed year-round and are available either dried or canned. Garbanzo beans have a delicious nutlike taste and a texture that is buttery, yet somewhat starchy and pasty. A very versatile legume, they are a noted ingredient in many Middle Eastern and Indian dishes such as hummus, falafels and curries. The most commonly seen garbanzo beans, are at salad bars.

These beans are cream-colored or sometimes whitish in color, fairly uniform and rounded in shape, and about twice as large as the second “desi-type.” In addition to being much smaller, desi-type beans are darker (light tan to black in color) and more irregular in shape. Some popular dishes that you could use garbanzo beans for are – hummus, falafel salad, blended into a sauce, or even mixed them into either a curry or soup! At High Mountain Organics with all the options at hand, we hope you go bananza for our garbanzo’s!