Have recipes that call for 1 cup dried Garbanso (Chick Peas) cooked. Most dried beans I have done in the past wentd 3X, meaning 1 cup dried = 3 cups cooked. Could I assume the same for chick peas and measure 1/3 cup? I'm trying to make low sodium humus (check my spelling there might be 2 m's). I sometimes half a recipe when I don't know if I'll like it or not.


CHICK PEAS (GARBANZOS) - 1 cup of garbanzos soaked in 3 cups of water for 3 to 4 hours will yield 2 cups of beans. Rinse before soaking.

Here's a Hummus recipe if you want it -

1 cup dried garbanzo beans (also called "chick peas")
3 cups water, distilled preferred, for soaking beans
5 cloves (the buds or separations within a bulb) of garlic
1/4 cup freshly-squeezed lemon juice
1 & 1/8 cups additional water, distilled preferred
1 tablespoon cooking oil, extra virgin olive oil preferred, optional
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 cup whole sesame seeds or tahini (sesame seed paste)
3/4 teaspoon cumin
3/4 teaspoon paprika
2 cups water, distilled preferred


Rinse garbanzo beans; pour into large jar or bowl with lid. Add 3 cups water, cover, and soak 3-4 hours or overnight (yields over 2 cups after soaking). Drain water when ready to use. Steam or boil both garbanzo beans and garlic until tender.

Combine water, sesame seeds, salt, and spices in electric blender; puree for 2 minutes to break up sesame seeds. (If using tahini, only blend for a few seconds to mix.) Add lemon juice, oil (if used), and half of the cooked beans/garlic; blend until smooth. Add remaining beans/garlic and blend; remove from blender and mash any remaining whole beans or garlic cloves with a fork.

Top with an extra dash of oil, lemon juice, and paprika, if desired. Use as a spread or dip for bread, sandwiches, crackers, and vegetables. Keep refrigerated.



Here's another: 1 1/2 cups dried black-eyed peas, cooked and drained.

Black eyed peas - 1 cup will give you 3 cups cooked. for the recipe - 1 1/2 cups cooked and drained - so that would be 1/2 cup dried

I hope this helps

Have recipes that call for 1 cup dried Garbanso (Chick Peas) cooked. Most dried beans I have done in the past wentd 3X, meaning 1cup dried = 3 cups cooked. Could I assume the same for chick peas and measure 1/3 cup? I'm trying to make low sodium humus (check my spelling there might be 2 m's). I sometimes half a recipe when I don't know if I'll like it or not.

Here's another: 1 1/2 cups dried black-eyed peas, cooked and drained.

Is that 1 1/2 cups measured when dry or when cooked and drained. This is for Marinated Black-Eyed Peas (Texas caviar) and with 1 cup of bell pepper added (1/2 red - 1//2 green) it would serve 4. If measure after cooking it would be 1 1/2 cups, if measured before it would be 4 1/2 cups. What I call a serving is usually a lot more then what the book calls a serving.