autobiography of a chickpea
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Chickpeas are large roundish legumes, that look rather like a large round pea with an interesting bumpy surface. A staple of Middle Eastern, African and Indian cuisines, the chickpea is the world's second most widely grown legume after the soybean, and one of the eight founder crops of the origins of agriculture on our planet. Chickpeas store really well, and are high in nutritive value, although they are not very disease resistant, compared to other legumes.
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The scientific name of chickpea is Cicer arietinum. Chickpea is a edible legume which can be used for cooking. The peas can be preserved in canned and dried. It was known to be first grown in the Middle East about 7,500 years ago.
They are one of the important vegetables for vegetarian which contains various nutritive values such as zinc, folic acid and protein. Hummus is the popular dish which is made from chickpea.
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