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What to do with chickpea water after boiling?
Do not discard the water that is left after pressure cooking or boiling the chickpeas (chana). This is called chana water or aquafaba. Make saaru, also called rasam or Indian soup, by simply tempering garlic cloves and red chilies or mustard seeds and curry leaves with a pinch of hing. Add leftover chana water to pressure cooked toor dal to make dal rasam. Use it to make your hummus extra creamy. Aquafaba is used as an egg substitute in vegan baking. It can also be used to make pavlova (egg-free meringue).
I generally use the water that is left after pressure cooking the dried and soaked chickpeas and do not try with the canned chickpeas’ leftover water. We prepare this Konkani chane saaru, also called chana rasam or soup, especially after making chane usli (sundal or stir fry) or chane gashi or the popular chole (chana masala).
Ingredients
Leftover water after cooking chickpeas (chana) also called aquafaba. For the tempering, coconut oil is traditionally preferred. However, you can use any cooking oil along with dry red chilies and crushed garlic cloves.
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Step-by-step instructions
Bring the chickpea water to a nice boil. Add salt to taste as needed. Heat oil in a pan on medium flame. Add the crushed garlic cloves and saute until golden and aromatic. Add the dry red chili and saute for a few seconds. Switch off the flame. Add the tempering to the boiled chickpea water. Garnish it with coriander leaves, serve hot, and enjoy.
Tips
This saaru or rasam can be prepared by soaking dried chickpeas or other dried beans overnight and cooking them. You can also add a few chickpeas and one potato to this recipe. In Konkani, this type of curry is called grandmother’s sarupkari. Instead of garlic cloves, you can also use mustard seeds, curry leaves, and hing for tempering to make it a no-garlic, no-onion recipe.
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