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Greek Chickpea and Pulse Recipes

Revithia, fasolia, fakes and fava. Pulses carried Greek households through every fasting period and every lean year, and the cooking shows it.

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Greek cooking uses a narrow pantry very well. A handful of ingredients appear again and again, in different combinations and cooked in different ways, and knowing what each one does is more useful than memorising individual recipes.

Dishes built on it include Gigantes plaki, Fasolada, Fava Santorinis, Fakes, Pitaroudia and Louvi.

Every recipe on Kalliopi's Kitchen carries the dish's Greek name and a pronunciation, its region where that is meaningful, ingredient quantities in both metric and imperial, and an honest note on what commonly goes wrong. Nutrition figures are calculated estimates and are labelled as such.

Greek Chickpea and Pulse Recipes

18 recipes on the site so far.

A dish of baked giant beans in a rich orange tomato sauce with parsley and olive oilBaked Giant Beans in TomatoGigantes plaki Γίγαντες πλακίMain Courses · 2h 5m · serves 6A bowl of thick Greek white bean soup with carrot and celery, olive oil pooled on the surfaceFasoladaFasolada ΦασολάδαSoups · 1h 45m · serves 6A bowl of smooth yellow split pea puree topped with raw red onion, capers and olive oilYellow Split Pea PureeFava Santorinis Φάβα ΣαντορίνηςDips and Sauces · 1h · serves 6A bowl of thick Greek lentil soup with olive oil and a small jug of vinegarLentil Soup with VinegarFakes ΦακέςSoups · 1h 7m · serves 6Crisp Rhodian chickpea fritters piled on paper with lemon wedgesRhodes Chickpea and Tomato FrittersPitaroudia ΠιταρούδιαMeze and Appetisers · 45m · serves 6Cypriot black-eyed bean and chard salad dressed with olive oil and lemonCypriot Black-Eyed Bean Salad with ChardLouvi ΛούβιSide Dishes · 55m · serves 4Sifnos Sunday Chickpea BakeRevithada ΡεβιθάδαMain Courses · 8h 15m · serves 6A plate of golden fried Greek revithokeftedes chickpea frittersChickpea FrittersRevithokeftedes ΡεβιθοκεφτέδεςMeze and Appetisers · 45m · serves 6A pot of Greek fakorizo lentils and riceLentils and RiceFakorizo ΦακόρυζοMain Courses · 50m · serves 4A bowl of Greek fasolia salata white bean salad with red onion and parsleyWhite Bean SaladFasolia salata Φασόλια σαλάταSalads · 1h 15m · serves 6Sifnos Baked Chickpea PieRevithopita Sifnou Ρεβιθόπιτα ΣίφνουMain Courses · 1h 20m · serves 6Plain Chickpea SoupRevithosoupa ΡεβιθόσουπαSoups · 1h 45m · serves 6A bowl of Greek fakes salata lentil salad with red onion and parsleyLentil SaladFakes salata Φακές σαλάταSalads · 45m · serves 6A bowl of Greek revithosalata chickpea salad with red onion and parsleyChickpea SaladRevithosalata ΡεβιθοσαλάταSalads · 1h · serves 6A bowl of Greek red lentil soup with cumin and a drizzle of olive oilRed Lentil SoupSoupa fakes kokkines Σούπα φακές κόκκινεςSoups · 40m · serves 4Cypriot Dried Pea SoupLouvana ΛουβάναSoups · 1h 10m · serves 4A plate of Cypriot moutzentra, lentils and rice topped with caramelised onionsCypriot Lentils and Rice with OnionsMoutzentra ΜουτζέντραMain Courses · 1h 5m · serves 5Chickpeas with SpinachRevithia me spanaki Ρεβίθια με σπανάκιSoups · 1h 35m · serves 5
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