Lemon chickpea soup is an easy and classic recipe! Perfect now that the weather is getting colder!

Ingredients

200 g of chickpeas

1 onion

2 cloves of garlic

½ tsp salt

¼ tsp pepper

5 tbsp olive oil

½ lemon

Directions

Place the chickpeas in a pot and cover them very well with water

Leave them all night to double in size

The next day bring them to a boil and strain them

Wash the chickpeas with plenty of water and put them back in the pot with enough water to cover them well

Let them boil for half an hour

Strain them again and rinse the pot

Add the oil , chopped onion and chopped garlic,  fry a little (saute, they will turn a transparent color)

Pour the chickpeas into the pot and mix them

Add water to cover the chickpeas

Add the salt and pepper

Boil them for half an hour more

When there isnt alot of water left in the pot and the chickpeas are ready, squeeze the lemon into the soup

It should be left with  some water

** Depending on the chickpeas it may take 15 more minutes

** if there is no more water in the pot and the chickpeas aren’t ready, add a little hot water so that the boiling does not stop and leave them a little bit more

**  May add more lemon if  desired