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garbanzo

garbanzo

4 3.8
A round light-brown bean used for food like hummus
  • noun
  • /ɡɑrˈbænzoʊ/
  • US
translation icon : garbanzo
  • Organic garbanzo beans, just two pouches.
  • garbanzo beans
  • garbanzo (chickpea)
  • garbanzo flour

Like it's work to eat a cup of raw garbanzo beans, right?

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Examples

  • What's the difference between garbanzo beans and chickpeas?

  • Some of the GF flours contain garbanzo or fava bean flour, giving them a metallic taste.

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  • So few cans of garbanzo beans.

  • Garbanzo beans, garlic, and tahini are what hummus is made of; all healthy.

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  • So then I just toss in some garbanzo beans and crumble in some tortilla chips, and I call it a Mexican salad.

  • The next recipe that I tried was for a healthy and light dish called Orzo with Spinach, Garbanzo Beans, and Feta.

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  • I try to have jars of different dry beans around (black, garbanzo, pinto, mung beans...).

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  • But before you can prepare hummus or crispy roasted chickpeas, you need to make the chickpeas (garbanzo beans).

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  • Usually, this takes the form of sweet and sour chutneys balancing spicy chiles or piquant seasoned garbanzo beans, such as the accompanying recipe for chole.

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  • For the dressing, process the garbanzo beans until smooth in a food processor.

Synonyms

bean
vsgarbanzo
512 1.0

An edible seed or pod from plants like peas and lentils used for food

is the specific round pale yellow seed used in cooking
chickpea
vsgarbanzo
14 1.0

A round pale yellow seed eaten in dishes like hummus and salads

is the same edible seed and a common alternative name

How Big

broad bean
  • UK
2.4
lima bean
9 2.5
garbanzo
  • US
4 3.8
pea
89 1.0
lentil
26 1.0

Surface Forms

garbanzo singular
garbanzos plural

Etymology

The word garbanzo comes from Spanish garbanzo, the Spanish name for the chickpea. A chickpea is a small 'bean' used in dishes like hummus and salads, so remembering the Spanish name helps you link the word to this food.