Persian vegetable soup with chickpeas

Persian vegetable soup with chickpeas

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A comforting Persian vegetable soup, featuring soaked chickpeas, pumpkin, and kale, seasoned with cinnamon, turmeric, and paprika.

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This Persian vegetable and chickpea soup is a hearty and flavorful dish, infused with cinnamon and turmeric.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time1 hr 30 min
  • Total1 hr 50 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodCooking in a saucepan
  • Estimated cost$4.45 $0.74 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

6 people
  • $1.04
  • $0.41
  • $0.62
  • $0.16
  • $0.16
  • $0.18
  • $0.05
  • $0.04
  • $0.32
  • $0.04
  • $0.10
  • $0.08
  • $0.43
  • $0.82

Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 14 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Mix all the powders and spices together. ≈ 4 min
  2. Cook the onion, carrots, and celery in water with the spices for an hour.
  3. Add the cooked chickpeas and the Jerusalem artichokes. When the Jerusalem artichokes are half-cooked, add the pumpkin, then the cabbage once the pumpkin is cooked. ≈ 3 min
  4. Add the kale at the very end. When it is tender, turn off the heat. ≈ 3 min

The bill

Persian vegetable soup with chickpeas

  • 300 g of dried chickpeas, soaked overnight$1.04
  • 200 g of onion$0.41
  • 200 g of carrots$0.62
  • 2 stalks of celery, chopped$0.16
  • 17 grams of chopped garlic$0.16
  • 1 chicken bouillon cube (10 g)$0.18
  • 2 grams of ground cinnamon$0.05
  • 1.5 grams of dried parsley$0.04
  • 3 grams of black pepper$0.32
  • 5 grams of salt$0.04
  • 1 gram of turmeric$0.10
  • 2 grams of paprika$0.08
  • 200 g of ground apples, diced$0.43
  • 350 g of curly kale$0.82

Total$4.45

that's $0.74 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 300 g of dried chickpeas, soaked overnight
  • 200 g of onion
  • 200 g of carrots
  • 2 stalks of celery, chopped
  • 17 grams of chopped garlic
  • 1 chicken bouillon cube (10 g)
  • 2 litres of water
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 grams of ground cinnamon
  • 1.5 grams of dried parsley
  • 3 grams of black pepper
  • 5 grams of salt
  • 1 gram of turmeric
  • 2 grams of paprika
  • 200 g of ground apples, diced
  • 500 to 700g of pumpkin, diced
  • 350 g of curly kale

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