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chickpea

Annual leguminous plant (see legume), grown for food in India and the Middle East. Its short hairy pods contain edible seeds similar to peas. (Cicer arietinum, family Leguminosae.)



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In 2005, the company adds Canadian Western Amber Durum wheat, and they are working on similar technology for barley, chick peas, lentils, peas and corn.
Think of them not as beans, but as chick pea curry, split pea soup, rice and lentils, burritos, hummus, and pasta e fagioli.
At a news conference last week announcing the festival, the mayors sat at a picnic table together, sampling Indian bajji (sliced plantains fried in a batter of chick pea and rice flour), lumpia (Filipino egg rolls), chicken wings, and briyani (Indian fried rice), foods that will be available at the picnic.
 
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