Chickpeas & Procrastination, via Nina The Person

as you know, dear readers, one of us lives with Mr. Pie the Cat and one of us lives with Nina the Cat.
one of us also has a friend known around the internet as Nina the Person.

Nina the Person is a wonderful chef.
she shared this recipe with me, and i'm sharing it with you. i editorialize in the parentheticals. that sounds like a rap lyric or something.

ingredients:
3 tbs olive oil
1 large onion chopped
4 crushed garlic cloves
1/2 tsp tumeric
1 1/2 cup soaked chick peas
3 tbsp each chopped cilantro and parsley

methodology:
- fry onions in oil. you want to get them nice and soft. (i would probably add in some butter.)
- add garlic cloves
- stir in tumeric and add drained chick peas and cover with 2/14 cups water (i bet you could also use a mixture of stock and water)
- simmer for an hour and a half or till the beans are super tender. add salt and pepper when they have softened. you can add extra water if they get too dry. you want the liquid to reduce to a thick sauce at the end. then stir in herbs and cook for 5 mins more.

Nina the Person says the quality of the tumeric is crucial. if you live in New Yawk you can get some great stuff in my hood at Kalustyans. if you live in Chicago i used to go to a great Middle Eastern food store with Rich in Andersonville, but i don't remember the name. if you live in another place, you can go somewhere there.