Chicken With Chick Pea Soup

Chicken soup is a classic choice of all those who are fans of appetisers. Chick pea and chicken is a very unique combination. Together if used in the right manner, they can taste very good. The soup is heavy but healthy at the same time.

Serves 4

Preparation time 30 minutes

Ingredients:

�         Chickpeas- 200g

�         1 chicken drumstick

�         Water- 2 litre

�         Celery chopped- 1 cup

�         Onion chopped- 1 cup

�         Leek chopped- � cup

�         Garlic cloves-3 crushed properly

�         Olive oil- 9 table spoon

�         1 tablespoon lemon juice

�         Chives- chopped 1 table spoon

�         parsley 1 tablespoon

�         Salt to taste

Direction for preparation

The chick peas should be boiled and soft. In a large pot, add the oil and let it heat. Add the celery, onions and garlic cloves and cook them until the onions start getting brown. Also add the leek, salt and chicken and toss them around until the chicken is evenly slightly browned on both the surfaces. Before adding the chicken cut the chicken drumstick into smaller chunks.

Add the chickpeas and water to the pot and bring it to boil. Let the water reduce to half the amount you used initially. Then transfer the soup to another soup dish and sprinkle the chives and parsley from the top. Serve it immediately and hot.

The soup tastes best with garlic breads or even aloe. It is the perfect appetiser before taking your dinner. At the same time it is quite heavy and healthy as a recipe. The chick peas should not melt in the soup. To make the consistency thicker, you can also add a little amount of corn flour to it. However care should be taken that the corn flour does not form lumps and the chicken is thoroughly cooked and very tender to bite.