Spiced Chick-pea Salad – We Love God!

Mary was more blessed in accepting the faith of Christ than in conceiving the flesh of Christ. To someone who said, 'Blessed is the womb that bore you,' [Jesus] replied, 'Rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep it.' Finally, for His brothers, His relatives according to the flesh who did not believe in Him, of what advantage was that relationship? Even her maternal relationship would have done Mary no good unless she had borne Christ more happily in her heart than in her flesh.

Augustine

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables	Greek	Taste2	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Dried chick-peas, soaked
		overnight in
		Cold water
		Zest of 1 lemon, julienned
2		Red bell peppers
2		Green bell peppers
1/2	c	Vegetable oil
12		Garlic cloves, finely minced
4	t	Ground cumin
1	t	Ground fenugreek
1	t	Turmeric
1/2	t	Ground cloves
2 1/2	T	Tomato paste
4		Shallots, finely minced
1/2	t	Finely-minced serrano chile
3	T	Lemon juice
		Salt, to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper
		to taste
		Lemon slice, for garnish
		Bird pepper, fanned for
		garnish

INSTRUCTIONS

Simmer chick-peas in water, to cover for 30 minutes, or until tender.
Drain, reserving 1 cup of cooking liquid. Blanch lemon zest in boiling
water for 1 minute. Drain and pat dry. Roast bell peppers under
broiler or over a gas flame until blackened on all sides. Steam in a
bag or a bowl, tightly covered, for 20 minutes to loosen skins. Peel,
seed and stem peppers and cut into julienne strips. Heat oil in a
saute pan, add garlic and saute 1 minute, stirring. Add spices and
saute 1 minute, stirring. Add tomato paste and reserved chick-pea
water. Bring to a boil and simmer 5 minutes. Pour spiced sauce over
chick-peas. Add lemon zest, roasted pepper strips, shallots, serrano
chile and lemon juice, reserving 1 teaspoon. Season to taste with  salt
and pepper and toss well to mix. Set aside for 1 hour at room
temperature to marinate. To serve, drizzle with reserved lemon juice
and garnish with lemon and pepper. This recipe yields 4 appetizer
servings.  Recipe Source: TASTE with David Rosengarten From the TV FOOD
NETWORK -  (Show # TS-4763 broadcast 05-01-1998) Downloaded from their
Web-Site -  http://www.foodtv.com  Formatted for MasterCook by Joe
Comiskey, aka MR MAD -  jpmd44a@prodigy.com ~or- MAD-SQUAD@prodigy.net
05-06-1998  Recipe by: David Rosengarten  Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 602 Calories From Fat: 254 Total Fat: 28.8g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 212.9mg Potassium: 1820.9mg Carbohydrates: 82.3g Fiber: 4.3g Sugar: 6.5g Protein: 13g