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Nakhi

Name: Nakhi
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Bahrain
Ingredients: 250g (dried) Chickpeas; 1 tsp Cumin powder; 1/2 tsp Chili powder; 1 tsp Salt; 1 Lemon; 1.5L Water

Snack

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Boiled chickpeas seasoned with cumin and chili — Bahrain's Ramadan night snack.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Nakhi is a boiled chickpea snack eaten in Bahrain and the Gulf, seasoned with salt, cumin, and chili and eaten with a squeeze of lemon. On Ramadan nights and around Gergaoon, the children's festival in mid-Ramadan, it's sold at street stalls in paper cones.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Ramadan night on a Manama street, boiled chickpeas are scooped into paper cones at a lamplit stall and handed to children.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Chickpeas 250g (dried)
Cumin powder 1 tsp
Chili powder 1/2 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
Lemon 1
Water 1.5L

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Soak the chickpeas in water overnight.
Change the water and boil for 1 hour until soft.
Drain.
While hot, toss with salt, cumin, and chili powder.
Squeeze over lemon to eat.

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