Greek Chickpea Soup

For this recipe, I used canned chickpeas. If you are not using canned chickpeas, you'll have to soak chickpeas overnight & cook them in boiling water for 20 minutes, until tender, before making this soup.

Ingredients:-

1. 1 cup chicken stock
2. 1 cup water
3. 2 x 15 oz cans of chickpeas (drained & rinsed thoroughly) or cooked chickpeas
4. 1 tbsp olive oil
5. 2 tbsp chopped shallots, or half of a medium sized red onion, chopped
6. 1 tbsp chopped garlic
7. 2 tsp all-purpose flour
8. Juice of 1 lemon
9. 1/4 tsp dried oregano
10. 1/4 tsp dried thyme
11. Salt & pepper to taste

In a large pot boil the chicken stock & water mixture with the chickpeas in it. Once boiled, add olive oil, a pinch of salt, chopped shallots or onions & garlic. In a small bowl, mix the all-purpose flour with the juice of one lemon until it becomes smooth and then add this mixture to the boiling soup. Add the dried oregano & thyme, salt & pepper. Cook for 2-3 minutes. Serve immediately.