{"id":1257,"date":"2026-02-12T18:10:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pharaohsherbs.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=1257"},"modified":"2026-02-12T18:10:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:10:33","slug":"chickpeas","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/pharaohsherbs.com\/?product=chickpeas","title":{"rendered":"Chickpeas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Benefits of Chickpeas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chickpeas are usually rapidly boiled for 10 minutes and then simmered for longer. Dried chickpeas need a long cooking time (1\u20132 hours), but will easily fall apart when cooked longer.<br \/>\nMature chickpeas can be cooked and eaten cold in salads, cooked in stews, ground into flour, ground and shaped in balls and fried as falafel, made into a batter and baked to make farinata or socca, or fried to make panelle. Chickpea flour is known as gram flour or besan in South Asia and is used frequently in South Asian cuisine.<\/p>\n<p>Chickpeas are an important food plant in India, Africa, and Central and South America. The seeds are high in fibre and protein and are a good source of iron, phosphorus, and folic acid.<br \/>\nIn the Middle East, chickpeas are also roasted, spiced, and eaten as a snack, such as leblebi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Benefits of Chickpeas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chickpeas are usually rapidly boiled for 10 minutes and then simmered for longer. Dried chickpeas need a long cooking time (1\u20132 hours), but will easily fall apart when cooked longer.<br \/>\nMature chickpeas can be cooked and eaten cold in salads, cooked in stews, ground into flour, ground and shaped in balls and fried as falafel, made into a batter and baked to make farinata or socca, or fried to make panelle. Chickpea flour is known as gram flour or besan in South Asia and is used frequently in South Asian cuisine.<\/p>\n<p>Chickpeas are an important food plant in India, Africa, and Central and South America. The seeds are high in fibre and protein and are a good source of iron, phosphorus, and folic acid.<br \/>\nIn the Middle East, chickpeas are also roasted, spiced, and eaten as a snack, such as leblebi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[31],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1257","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-seeds","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"shipping-taxable","11":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharaohsherbs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/1257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharaohsherbs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharaohsherbs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharaohsherbs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharaohsherbs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharaohsherbs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharaohsherbs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=1257"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharaohsherbs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=1257"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharaohsherbs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=1257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}