Anne Bancroft's Chickpea Stew

Estimated Prep Time: 15 minutes

Estimated Cooking Time: 2 hours Cooking at: 350 F / 180 C / Gas Mark 4

Ingredients

1 teaspoon Olive Oil

1 cup Onion (chopped)

1 cup Eggplant (cubed)

1 cup Zucchini (cubed)

1 can Tomato (canned diced) 19 oz tin

1 can Chickpeas 19 oz tin

1 1/2 cup Vegetable Stock

1 1/2 tablespoon Lemon Juice

1/4 teaspoon Allspice

1/4 teaspoon Cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon Oregano

1/4 teaspoon Turmeric

Directions

Cook onion in oil for 3 to 5 minutes.

Transfer to an oven proof dish, and stir in all the remaining ingredients.

Bake uncovered for about 2 hours at 350 F/ 175 C.

Comments

If you don't need this to be a vegetarian dish, you can use chicken broth instead of vegetable broth.

This recipe was given by Anne Bancroft to Toronto writer Warren Dunford in the 1990s.

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